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The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-04-21
TO THE FARMERS:

The committee composed of r. T.
Joyner, H. L. Currie and J. T. Gray,
Jr., selected by the county court Of
Haywood county to secure and employ
county demonstration agent Of agri-
culture have employed Mr. Elrod,
graduate of the University of Ten
nessee, taking B. S. degree. Mr..
Elrod comes highly recommended both
as an agricultural expert and stock
man. Contract has been entered into
with Mr.. Elrod whereby he is to de-
vote his exclusive time and attention
to this work in Haywood county.
And we, the committee so appointed
urge the farmers of this county 20
give Mr.. Erod their hearty coopera-
ton. We believe we have secured
for you a man who will assist and de-
velop the farming interests Of oar
people if the farmers will help him.
We are told by responsible people
that $4,000 has been paid by the pro-
duce stores to farmers for produce,
$4,000 t.r poultry at the car tbs
season.
Let wood county make the COT
ton crop tie surplus erop, raise every
possible 6.aE you can for home con
sImnt.o 4i.e special ttantin 70
stock r r
The banks have notified us cha they
stand dy Jo loan money at 8 per
cent for CHE to three years to men
who wiIi ahaa thorough red stock
We we tina, two Or three men n ev-
cry district ia the eaunty club t1geth-
er and purchase a registered bull cf
the breeding you prefer BY doing
this we viii soon have a high grade %
cattle. The witer can remember
when we had only razor back hogs Of
inferior breeding. Now We do not
see them any more but in their places
well bred animals. This will apply TO
all other classes of stock if we will
pay the proper attention to these
matters.
Mr.Elrod will take great pleasure in
lending his assistance to any one in
the county, either in selecting the
breeds or where to purchase; will help
you organize corn clubs, poultry clubs,
stock clubs, etc. His services be'onc
to you and why should you not avail
yourself of them and receive the benz
efits be derived?
/ We hope to accomplish great things
by cooperation and we earnestly in
sist that the farmers wake up to their
privileges and opportunities.
Respectfully,
r. T. Joyner
H. L. Currie
J. t, Gray, Jr
Committee,
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-04-21

Still he waited. Surely Roddy
wouldn't be able much longer to en-
dure such suspense.
And, surely enough, the silence was
abruptly broken by a strange and
moving sound. hushed cry OF alarm
that was half a moan and half sob.
Lanyard himself was startled, for
that was never Roddy's voice!
There was a noise Of muffied and
confused footsteps, as though some
one had started in panic for the door,
then stopped in terror.
Words followed-the strangest he
could have imagined-words spoken
in a gentle and tremulous voice:
'In PHYS namei who are you and
what do you want?"
Thunderstruck, Lanyard switched
on the lights.
At distance of some six PAGES he
saw not Roddy but woman, and not
a woman merely, but the girl he had
met in the restaurant.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-04-21
CONSIDERING THE cow.

o, let US cultivate the COW,
And try 70 educate her;
And let's b. all means show her how
Culture might yet translate her
From simple bovine, crude of tsstes
To quite a charming creature
With rather complex problems faced
o, let us up and teach her!
Surroundings quite important are;
Environment and training
Just Ike heredity 90 far
And culture knows no feigning.
A carpet, say, in Bossy's stall
VIII make for true refnepment;
The vulgar straw is, if at all,
For ordinary kline meant.
A photograph might be installed
To play II Troyatore.
Or other gems so well recalled,
Or bits Of oratory.
Some paintings, too, will lend a tene
Of culture to the stable,
And boss will come into her own
So far as she is able.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-04-21

and adjusted 1t to mask the upper
portion of his face. Then, entering
narrow and odorous corridor, whose
obscurity was only emphasized by a
lonely, guttering candle, he turned the
knob of the first door and walked into
a small, ill-furnished room.
A spare-bodied young man, who had
been sitting at desk, reading by the
light OF an oil lamp with heavy green
shade, rose and bowed courteously.
Good morning, monsieur" he said
with the cordially of one who greets
an acquaintance Of old standing. BE
seated" he added, indicating an arm
chair beside the desk, 1T is some
time since have had the honor Of a
call from monsieur
THAT is So" Lanyard admitted, sit
ting down.
The young man followed suit. The
lamplight, striking across his face be-
meath the greenish penumbra of the
shade. discovered a countenance OF
Hebraic cast.
Monsieur has something to show
me, eh?"
But naturally"
Lanyard's reply Just escaped a favor
of curtness-as who should say, What
did you expect?" He was puzzled by
something strange and new in the at.
titude of this young man, trace OF re-
serve and constraint.
They had been meeting in this man.
ner for several years, conducting
their secret and lawless business ac-
cording to a formula invented by
Bourke and religiously observed by
LANYARD. A note or telegram of inno-
cent superficial intent, addressed to a
certain member of leading firm Of
jewellers in Amsterdam, was the in
variable signal for meetings such as
this, which we're always held in the
same place, at an indeterminate hour
after midnight, between this intelli-
gent, cultivated and well-mannered
young Jew and the thief in his mask.
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The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-04-21

ticular floor, for the sixth-story fat
had one invaluable feature-a window
opening on the roof of the adjoining
building.
Two minutes examination sufficed
to convince Lanyard that here at least
the Pack had not trespassed.
Five minutes later he picked the
common lock of a door opening from
the roof of an apartment house on the
farthest corner Of the block, found his
way downstairs, knocked on the door
of the porter's lodge, chanted that ven.
cradle open sesame of Paris, Gordon,
sill yous plait!" and was made free Of
the street by worthy concierge too
sleepy to challenge the late-departing
guest
He walked three blocks, picked up
taxicab, and in ten minutes more was
set down at the Care des Invalides.
Passing through the station without
pause, he took to the streets afoot, fol-
lowing the Boulevard St. German to
the Rue du Bac; brief walk up this
time-worn thoroughfare brought him
to the ample, open and unguarded
porte-cochere of a roomy court walled
with beetling, ancient tenements.
Assuring himself that the courtyard
was deserted, Lanyard addressed him
self to a door on the right: to his
knock it swung promptly ajar with
click of its latch. At the same time
the adventurer produced from beneath
his cloak a small black velvet vizor
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-04-21
CHAPTER VI.
The Pack Gives Tongue.

The Pack Gives Tongue.
Lanyard's first destination was that
convenient little ground-foor apart
ment near the Trocadero, at the juno
ton of the Rue Roget and the Avenue
de pAlma; but his way thither was so
roundabout that the best part of an
hour was required for what might
have been less than a twenty-minute
taxicab course direct from Troyon's.
1t was past one when he arrived,
afoot, at the corner
Not that he grudged the time, for
In Lanyard's esteem Bourke's epigram
had come to have the weight and
force of an axiom: "The more trouble
you make for yourself, the less the
dear public will make for you"
Paradoxically, he hadn't the least in
tention of attempting to deceive any
body as to his permanent address in
Paris, where Michael Lanyard, con-
noisseur of fine paintings, was figure
too conspicuous to permit OF his max
ing a secret OF his residence. De
Morbihan, moreover, through recognize
ing him at Troyon's had rendered it
impossible for Lanyard to adopt nom
de guerre there, even had he thought
such course advisable.
But he had certain matters to attend
to before dawn, affairs demanding
privacy; and while by no means sure
he was followed, one can seldom be
sure of anything, especially in Paris
where nothing is impossible; and it
seemed as well to lose hypothetical
spy first as last. And his mind would
not be at ease with respect to Roddy,
thanks to De Morbihan's gasconade
in the hearing of the detective, and
also to that hint which the count had
dropped concerning a fatal blunder in
the course Of Lanyard's British cam
paign
He fitted key to latch and quietly let
himself into his fat by private en-
trance from the street, the possession
of which, in addition to the usual
door opening on the court and under
the eye of the concierge, distinguished
this from the ordinary Partisan apart
ment and rendered it doubly suited to
the adventurer's uses
Then he turned on the lights and
moved quickly from room to room Of
the three comprising his quarters.
with comprehensive glances reviewing
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-04-21

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The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-04-21
CHAPTER VII.
SUSPENSE.

0uoPGUoCs
His secret uncovered, all that labori
ously constructed edifice OF art and
chicane which yesterday had seemed
so impregnable a wall between the
Lone Wolf and the world today torn
asunder, Lanyard wasted time neither
in profitless lamentation or any other
sort of repining
Delaying only long enough to revise
plans, he put out the lights and left by
the courtyard door; for it was just
possible that those whose sardonic
whim it had been to name themselves
"the Pack" might have stationed
agents in the street to follow their
dissucial brother in crime. And now,
more than ever. Lanyard was firmly
bent on going his own way unmatched.
His course FIRST led him stealthily
past the door Of the porter and across
the court to the public hallway in the
main body Of the building. Happily
there were no lights to betray him had
anyone been awake to notice. For,
thanks to Partisan notions of economy,
even the best apartment houses dis.
pense with elevator boys and with
lights that burn up real money every
hour of the night.
Afoot, and in complete darkness, he
made his ascent Of FIVE flights of wind.
ing stairs, pausing at length before
the door Of an apartment on the sixth
floor. A fash from pocketlamp To-
Gated the keyhoIe; the key turned
without a sound; the door swung on
silent hinges
Once inside, the adventurer moved
more freely, with less precaution
against noise. He was on known
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-04-21
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Do you KNOW THAT :

:. There is no Federal institution :
+ in the continental United States +
+ for the reception and care of le- +
+ pers? :
+ Plague is disease of rodents. +
+ Malaria is spread by a special +
! mosquito. =
+" House screening is good dis !
+ ease preventive. =
+ Fingers, food and flies spread >
+ Typhoid fever =
+ Pellagra may be prevented or =
+ cured by proper diet. .
+ The United States Public Health Z
+ service believes that the common =
+ towel spreads trachoma, a dis :
+ ease of the eyes. =
i Children from sanitary homes =
= advance more rapidly in school ,
I than from dirty premises. =
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The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-04-21

A single half-power electric bulb
now modified the gloom of the hall
way; its fellow made light blot on
the darkness Of the courtyard. Even
the windows of the conciergerie were
black.
None the less Lanyard tapped them
smartly.
"Cordon!" he demanded in a stri-
dent voice-"Cordon. sill vous plait!"
"Eh?" A startled grunt from within
the lodge was barely audible. Then
the latch clicked loudly at the end of
the passageway.
Cropping his way in the direction Of
this last sound, Lanyard found the
small side door ajar. He opened 1t
and hesitated moment, looking out
as though questioning the weather;
simultaneously his deft fingers wedged
the latch back with thin slip of steel.
II had, in fact, not been raining
within an hour, but still the sky was
dense with a low, sullen wrack of
cloud, and still the sidewalks were
inky-wet.
The street was lonely and indiffer-
emily lighted, but q swift searching
reconnaissance discovered no spy
skulking in the shelter of any of the
nearer shadows.
Stepping out, he slammed the door
and strobe briskly round the corner,
as If making for the cab rank that
lines up along the Luxembourg gar
dens of the Rue de Medicis; his boot
heels made cheerful racket in that
quiet hour; he was quite audibly go
ing away from Troyon's.
But instead of holding on to the cab
rank, he turned the next corner, and
then the next, rounding the block;
and presently, reapproaching the en-
trance to Troyon's, paused in the re-
cess of dark doorway and, lifting
one foot after another, slipped rub
Der pads over his heels. Thereafter
his progress was practically noiseless.
The smaller door yielded to his
touch without a murmur. Inside, he
closed it gently and stood moment
listening with all his senses-not with
his ears alone, but with every nerve
and fiber Of his being-with magma
ton to boot. But there was not a
sound or movement in all the house
that he could detect.
And no shadow could have made
less noise than he, slipping cat-footed
across the courtyard and up the stairs,
avoiding with superdeveloped sensi-
tiveness every lift that might have
complained beneath his tread. In a
trice he was again in corridor lead
ing to his bedchamber.
II was quite as gloomy and empty
as II had been FIVE minutes ago, yet
with difference, a something in its
atmosphere that made him nod briefly
in confirmation OF that suspicion
which had brought him back so
stealthily.
For one thing, Roddy had stopped
snoring. And Lanyard smiled over
the thought that the man from Scot
land Yard might profitably have cop
led that trick Of poor Bourke's, of
snoring like the Seven Sleepers when
most completely awake.
1t was, naturally, no surprise to find
his bedchamber door unlocked and
slightly ajar Lanyard made sure of
his automatic, strobe into the room,
and shut the door quietly, but by no
means soundlessly.
He had left the shades down and the
hangings drawn at both windows; and
since these had not been disturbed,
something nearly approaching COM
plete darkness reigned in the room.
But though promptly on entering his
fingers had closed upon the wall
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-04-21

He Saw Not Roddy, but a Woman.
switch near the door, he refrained
from turning up the lights Immediate
ly, with fancy, of impish inspiration,
that it would be amusing to learn
what move Roddy would make when
the tension became too much even for
his trained nerves.
Several seconds passed without the
least sound disturbing the stiffness.
Lanyard himself grew little impa-
tient when his sight didn't become &C
customed to the darkness because it
was too absolute-it pressed against
his staring eyeballs like a black fluid,
impenetrably Opaque, as unbroken as
the hush within that room.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-04-21
A Hint to Wise Women.

Don't suffer torture when all fe-
male troubles will vanish in thin air
after using "Feminina" Price SOC and
$1.00. 81
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-04-21

Ground. ard alone: the aHartrieul.
though furnished, was unienanted. ard
wouli SO remain IS Ions as any
continued 70 DIV the Pen !r~l 10 !
con drasr an ssssned name.
Il was the convenience OF this rel.
uRe and avenue o. reireat. i-aeea .ac.
10 dictated Las cAe.cs 3. taz
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-04
JOHN DIS MONEY PILE
(Pittsburg Dispatch

Now that John d. Rockefellers
wealth has reached billion dol
lars. there are many angles from
which one may view the pile in an
effort to obtain faint idea OF what
such a sum really means. For IN
stance. If the total sum were in sill
yer dollars stacked as such COINS
usually are stacked, the pile would
he 248 miles high. To count the
total amount into dollars wouid re-
ouire 81, $50 tons of silver and wouid
need 2,OS3 freight cars drawn py
1O4 locomotives to haul it to the
mint. II a person had the entire
sum before him and started to count
n dollar by dollar at the rate OF 50
a second, it would require him 10
work day and night six years ana
four months. Working on union
hours would require more than
eighteen years. The average man Is
credited with ability to lift about
two hundred pounds. A package OF
81 bills weighing two hundred
mounds would be worth s62,ooo.
therefore, If Mr.. Rockefeller
wealth in 81 bills were done up into
two hundred pound packages IL
would require about $1,000 men To
lift it. In the United States there
are about 100 million persons and
in the entire world there are consid-
erably less than two billion people }.
To the former, Mr.. Rockefeller would
|be able to give $40 each from MS
fortune and more than nifty cents U
every person on earth.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-04
Combination with Circular Skirt.

te, lawn or crepe. Provision is also
made for a short sleeve for the cor
set cover, many women preferring
this to shields. In medium size the
combination requires 81 yards &c.
inch material, with 7 yards Of edging
and PA yards insertion. In addi-
ton to the lace q delicate embroid-
cry design is worked on the front of
the corset cover. AS the embroid-
cry design contains thirty-six sprays,
a part of it may be used on the skirt
if desired.
The back gore Of the petticoat is
pieced and this section of the pat
tern should be laid on a lengthwise
thread of the material when cutting,
as shown in the guide. The tiny
little section on which the arrow is
placed is the piecing for the back
gore. Next comes the front of the
corset cover, placed on a lengthwise
thread of the goods, then the back,
laid on the lengthwise fold. Along
the selvage edge the lap is placed,
while the front gore of the petticoat
is laid on the lengthwise fold to the
right of the back.
To make the petticoat, slash
through the fold at center front of
front gore, from upper edge to large
80" perforation: sew lap to the
slashed edges, notches even, making
seam % inch wide at upper edge Of
slash and graduating seam into moth
ing at lower edge; fold lap through
center, fell remaining edge over seam.
Turn lap underneath the right slashed
edge and stitch to position. Join
cores as notched, close center-back
seam. Turn hem at lower edge on
small go" perforations. Sew to
lower edge Of corset cover, center.
fronts and centerbacks even bringing
side seam to small go" perforatiou
in front.
The corset cover is so simple to
make that the home dressmaker will
not experience any trouble with it.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-04
FOR NURSING MOTHERS

~ amount of milk is not in
~ by alcoholic beverages, and
GfG = NO such thing as 'nourishing
b10 ~ The greatest value to nursing
okASEs Frequently the milk con-
tnina very appreciate amount of
the 1fux which the mother has been
|lmhibfng. for alcohol can be readily
|tracod II the mothers milk within
twenty minutes of it's ingestion into
her ntumach, and it may be detected
In ft Tor as long as eight hours after
b large dose. DIR. w. McAddam
Ecclee Of England.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-04
nv WOMAN'S REALM
w. G.. II. u. NOTES

ties! The heart leaps and pulses
thrill as we remember we are part
Of the forces waging q worldwide
war against alcohol. Have you en-
listed on humanity's side? Your
country needs you now for this ser
vice. Man or woman. the call is to
you to give quickly Of earnest. loyal
endeavor to repel the advance Of a
foe more deadly than a foreign foe
could be.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-04

up with some fellow who wears four
cent overalls and knows when to hit
the top of the market than to be
yoked to some Cuthbert who plays
the mandolin, smokes Turkish Ciga-
rettes and lives off his fathers pen
sion. Still, there's no accounting
for tastes. That's why they are es-
tablishing courts of domestic rela,
tions here and there Great Bend
Tribune.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-04

letter says she was dying when it was
written"
That was the end of Mr.. Starkweath-
er. In time found I had been invited
to visit Mrs. Swinburne for the express
purpose Of being caught by her very
dear friend Miss Harley. They had
concocted Mr.. Starkweather between
them for a bait The hook Is still in
my gills.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-04

All members of the w. c. T. U.
please take notice: There will be a
called meeting at the Cumberland
church Friday, Oct. 6, at p. M, for
the election of delegates to the con,
vention at Daytona Nov. Z to 10, and
appointments of superintendents and
other matters of business.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-04
Notice is hereby given. that o SUIT
n attachment has been instituted IN

In attachment mas been instituted IN
the county court OF Polk county.
Florida. by. C. C. Wilson against Ed
Rapids. MICHIGAN. and that the writ
of attachment issued in said cause
was on. the 9Th. day of .Aurust. 10 l6.
levied by the sheriff Of Polk county,
tate situate. lying. and being in Polk
county. Florida. to-wit:
Lots II and 10. Block o. Dixieland
addition to LIE keland. as same ap-
pears on the revised map of the Car
ter Deem Realty Company in the OF
Polk county. Florida.
The said defendant Ed Spencer.
and all other persons interested. are
therefore required to be and appear
in the said cause at the office of the
clerk of the county court of Polk
county. at Barlow. Florida. on or be-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-04
|sAs EDITOR MORALIzEs

never a town girl gets too
u to marry a man with 100
r. land and 20 red pigs just be-
. can't tell the tango from a
n rickey, you can set it down
1T that she will either die an
ia or marry a Sc a week clerk
= head full of ozone and only
Snge Of holeproofs.
you'd rather see her hooked
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-04
Side Talks
It Il Not to Laugh

A sense Of humor is q trait of
which any one who possesses it is
Justly proud and for which he should
also be duly grateful.
THE faculty for being diverted
where less fortunate people are an
noyed," says Stevenson, sis a rare
birthright and worth many a mess
Of pottage. +"
But there are times when even
this blessed faculty is out of place i.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-04
'0PENT ANNUALLY :.
IN THE q. S. A. FOR

n c. T. U. is seeking to de-
J liquor traffic and to build
8 better things.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-04
WHAT THEY GET

A bushel Of corn makes
Four gallons of whiskey which
retails at :. =. ). $500
The farmer gets 81. -. ..i.. rs
The U. s. government gets. $50
The railroad gets ......... 100
The distiller gets 49,. ...,. 400
The drayman gets j.. .l..... .25
The saloon man gets ....... 500
The consumer gets-drunk.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-04

Whenever the lines of dresses
Sge decidedly, the influence Of
- change is noted in lingerie. A
ty combination is shown here ex-
ling the new circular petticoat.
vi corset cover may be cut with
I'D or square outline and the skirt
/ Il three piece design. The combina-
W. may be made Of nainsook, BATS
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-04

| fore October End, 1916, else judg-
ment will be rendered In said cause
against the said defendant by de-
Done and ordered at Barlow, Flor
IDA, this 5th day of August. A. D.
1915.
| 57S5-,Copy County Clerk.
J. A. JOHNSON.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-04
FRIENDLY TALK

~ Ifiends:
Thooe days are so full of possibili-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-04

Human Paradox.
"Since Footlight inherited fortune
no is n paradox" What's the an
swer?" He is both the richest and
poorest actor on the stage"