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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-05

little publication in which he was
stakeholder II it is a bad thing TO
divide the printing now. why was il
good thing then?
The printing last year cost the city
far more than any other year since II
has been in existence-at least twice
as much-perhaps more than twice
as much. Does that look like it is
economy to give it all to your paper.
Mr. Mayor?
Mr.. Cox says there will be conflict
and trouble in checking up the &C
counts. and keeping the printing even>
ly divided; also that the taxpayers
will have TO take both papers in order
to keep up with the ordinances. etc.
Now let US make a simple suggestion
that will obviate all that. Let every
ordinance and publication be printed
in both papers and let each accept one
half the legal rate. The city will then
psy only the cost of one publication.
but will get the benefit Of two. That
will do away with every objection the
Mayor suggests and give the people
the maximum Of service at the mini
mum Of cost. Naturally this will en-
all some free work on the part of the
newspapers; but the Evening Tele-
yram is willing to do this If the other
,aper will do so. OF course, il would
lot cut the rate except on an agree
nent Of this kind-that is. it would
ot make competitive bid at half the
egal rate. but it is willing to do this
rec work as contribution TO the
armony and general interests of the
ity.
Can anything be more fair?
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-05
STOP! LOOK! LISTEN.

Lakeland has been given oppor,
tunity to witness many productions
OF the kind that in theatrical par
lance are known as dancing
shows" but it is doubtful IL a the,
ater-goer of this generation Can re
call to mind any offering which 50
Justly deserves the description as
Stop! Look! Listen!" Charles Dill
iinghams huge musical comedy pro-
duction. will be the attraction at the
Auditorium on Monday, Jan. Is. In
addition to Miss Hilda Meyer, the
bright particular luminary, the
company numbers a dozen or more
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-05
LAKELAND news
IS MADE THE
OFFICIAL PAPER
OF POLK COUNTY

At the meeting of the County
Commissioners on Tuesday the Lake
land News was designated as the Of
fetal organ OF the county, and all
publications for the county in 1917
will appear in that paper. This is a
merited recognition of one Of the
oldest and most influential papers in
South Florida paper which has
witnessed the coming of every other
paper in the county except one, and
has seen the demise OF anumber Of
them. In a quarter OF a century
of continuous publication the Lake
land News has been given this
printing only once. The award this
year was made in accordance with
an agreement reached by The Com
missioners several years ago. to ro-
tate the public printing among each
Ct the five newspapers of the county
that were equipped to do the work.
Five years ago this paper was given
this printing, and this year it was
again its turn. 1t is presumed that
the same rotation will be repeated,
and the Lakeland News will be again
favored with this printing five years
hence. 1t will be right here to do
ii then, although there are other pa
pers in the county today which will
have gone peacefully to rest long
before that time. The proprietor /
Of this paper practices tine ethics of !
his profession, and will not ask for
he printing until it is again his
urn; nor would he turn his hand to
AXE away from any of the county
which they were rightfully entitled.
The Commissioners did not con-
emplate that there should be in
,luded in this rotation any 1y-by-
hight papers that. might spring up
iuI Ing tuc ptflOu. L nat 10 why tuty
will pass around the print
ng again among the old established
papers, at the end Of
which rotation, IL any Of the new
now extant shall have stood
he test OF time and proved them
,elves worthy institutions they
will be given their turn,
provided they have plants with ca
pacity to do the work.
At any rate. the Lakeland News is
the official paper for Polk county
his year. and all persons who de-
sire to keep posted on the proceed
ngs of the commissioners, all legal
notices by the county, including the
tax list, should subscribe for the
Lakeland News. the old reliable Of
Polk county journalism.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-05
PRACTICAL JOKER A MENACE

That something should be done 10
eliminate the practical joker has
long been the opinion Of every
sound minded and sensible citizen. II
seems hard to devise a plan, how
ever, and the occasional thrashing
the fellow gets does not seem TO de-
ter his kind he latest example of the
criminal stupidity of such practices.
is provided by an incident that &C.
Cured in Southern California. Will
liam Desmond OF the Triangle-lnce
Film Comrany was depicting a ship
wreck scene in which he was to res
cue Dorothy Dalton. his co-star,
from a perilous position, ciinging to
a floating spar. A couple Of young
fishermen thought it
would be a good joke TO shout
sharks" and this they proceeded to
d. The shock caused Miss Dalton to
faint, and she rolled of the spar.
and was. in grave danger of drown
Ing. Only the prompt action of !
Desmond, who plunged to her res
,ue, averted a tragedy. With con- !
siderable difficulty he kept the he
-cine aflcat until the arrival of
mall boat into which they were /
both assisted What happened TO
he fishermen IS not recorded, but we
hope it was plenty. II is
passing strange that otherwise sane
md intelligent people will act occa- /,
iionally in such utter disregard of /
he very rudiments of sanity, and
til more 50 that such actions should |
,e classed as Jokes instead Of as |
rhine st. Augustine Record.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-05
NO STANDING ROOM AT
OPENING PERFORMANCE
Great Crowd Greeted Greenwood
Amusement Company Last
Evening
From Albany, Ga, Daily Herald)

From Albany, Ga, Daily Herald.)
Everything except the public was
sold out at the opening performance
of the Greenwood Amusement Com
pany last evening. The big tent was
packed until there wasn't standing
room and good many people had to
be turned away because there wasn't
any room left in the tent for them.
The management announced at $50
O'Clock that there were 5000 people in
the tent. II there were not that many
it was because they couldn't get in.
No attraction appearing here, out.
side Of the Birth of a Nation, has
made as big hit on opening night as
did the Greenwood show. The open
ing attra ction was a combination min
strel and vaudeville and the vast
throng was kept in an almost contin-
uous uproar during the two hours
performance.
The black-face comedians, as usual,
made big hit but all of the soloists
were given noisy welcome and
many OF them came back for one or
more encores. Greenwood's 800
Challenge Quartette made the big hit
of the evening.
All Of the performers are artists
above the average found in tent
shows. The voices are good and the
performance last evening was clean
an entertaining.
The Greenwood show will be here
all this week on the Farkas lot near
the postoffice. They promise a COM
plete change of program at each per-
formance. The Chero Cola Company
controls exclusive advertising privi
leges with this show, which is be-
coming very nearly as popular as that
famous beverage.
The Greater Greenwood Show comes
to Lakeland for one night January 6.
corner Main and New York.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-05
MAYOR cox AND THE
CITY PRINTING

The Mayor goes out of his way to
make the statement that he would
have voted against the proposition to
give any part of the city printing to
the Evening Telegram. That is all
right-we sized up the other members
of the Board as men of different cali
Der. however. and the event proved
the correctness of our Judgment. We
beg to set the mayor right on one or
two points of his statement He SAYS
that II the printing was to be rotated
1t should have been given to the Star
this year. because the Telegram had
1t In 1914 and 1915. Now, until May,
1915. there was no paper in Lakeland
except the Telegram. and since there
have been two the Telegram has done
the printing eight months and the Star
twelve months. That looks like the
Telegram would be entitled to 1t this
year.
Again, Mr.. Cox says il will cost
more to divide the printing. We can
not see why. We are certainly not
going to charge more than a proper
price, and II the other half of the
printing is done at a proper price,
then the whole thing ought to cost
exactly the same as IL one paper did
ft-unless two halves makes more
Than one whole. In 1918 Mr.. Cox was
ne leader in . movement to divide the
y printing and sivs half Of It to
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-05

1t is hardly necessary, of course,
to enter a denial of any statement
coming from a source which every
one recognizes as absolutely unre-
liable. but just to keep the record
straight, this paper will state that
1t has never subjected to vile criti-
cism" the members OF the present
City Commission. There has never
been an unkind reference in these
columns concerning either Mr.. F1an-
agan. Mr.. Weeks, Mr.. Keen or Mr..
Bassett, and these gentlemen know
this to be the fact. So far as the
ridiculous mares nest CT recall is
concerned, such movement was
never seriously considered by any OF
those whose cooperation in 1t would
have been necessary to its success,
and the suggestion was discouraged
by the editor Of this paper, as un-
called for and inimical to the peace
and unison OF the city, for which
this paper has always striven. The
whole thing was an idle rumor,
seized upon by a sensation monger
TO bring about strife and discord.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-05
NATIONAL PROHIBITION
MOVEMENT

The nationwide prohibition move
ment has started in dead earnest.
With twenty-five states already in the
prohibition column. and local option
covering most of the territory in wet
states, a tremendous leverage is al
ready gained
The weakest point about prohibition
has been that it has not prohibited.
The plain reason has been because it
was not nation wide. Dry areas have
been surrounded by wetness. This is
true of states. and of counties under
local option.
The late attempt in Michigan, under
the popular home rule plea, to give
to cities and villages and towns the
right to legalize the liquor traffic, was
a shrewd wet movement, but it was a
conspicuous failure. 1t came before
the public wolf in sleeps clothing,
and the attempt to deceive voters was
rebuked by a tremendous majority.
The double nature of our govern
mental system, especially the absolute
control of Interstate commerce by
congress. nullified local attempts to
suppress the trade in and abuse of
alcoholic stimulants. BY the state,
and counties acting under state au-
thority. complete enforcement was i'm.
possible. This did harm to prohibi-
tory laws. The nation weakened or
nullified them.
Nationwide prohibition will prohib-
1t. With the manufacture, sale and
transport of intoxicants put under a
national ban the business will cease.
and society will no longer have to bear
the odium Of making drunkards.
No original package decision by the
courts will give outsiders the right
to sell to individual consumers ter
ritory where the traffic is prohibited.
All territory, all places from the slum
to the palace, will be under the su.
preme aw Of the land. and 1t is easier
to enforce a national than a state law.
The Illicit still may flourish in places
for alcohol is easy to manufactured
can be produced on a small scale in
almost any hole in the wall-but sup
plies from this source will necessarily
be limited.
So strong was the vote in favor of
prohibition in Michigan and other
states at the November election that
the present congress may submit to
the states for ratification an amend.
ment to the national constitution that
will prohibit the manufacture and sale
of all intoxicants.
Then 1t will be up to the states to
ratify or reject,
when thirty-fve of them approve
the amendment prohibition will be the
law for all the states. Any one who
has the vision of more perfect socie.
ty, and desire to raise men and WON.
en- to higher levels. will not find il an
easy matter to oppose nationwide pro-
hibition.-Jackson Mich.) Patriot.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-05
THE LAKELAND NEWS,

\ weekly newspaper giving . resume
% local matters, crop conditions,
county shaIrs, ETC. Sent anywhere
Or $50 per year.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-05

One OF the first acts of the City
Commissioners when they came into
Office a year ago was to take every
iota OF the city printing from the
Evening Telegram and give it else
where. From that time to this good
day no reference has ever been made
to this action. But when, actuated
by sense of Justice and fairness,
the Commissioners gave half the
printing back to us, there is a squeal
like a stuck pig, and the lamenta-
tions Of jeremiah are not in 1t with
the weeping and wailing and gnash-
ing OF teeth. There are losers and
losers.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-05

The only kick we have seen on the
, perfect weather that has been pre-
yailing for weeks, comes from the
Ocala Star. which says we do not
like this summer weather." We diff
fer from the Star in that we like it
immensely. but we have an uncom-
Portable feeling that, similar to lots
of things we like, it's not the best
thing for us.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-05

$50 far as is known, no bird eH
tried to build more nests than
neighbor. No fox ever fretted
cause he had only one hole in viii.
to hide. No squirrel ever died of an
iety lest he should not lay by enouI
nuts for two winters instead of I,
one. and no dog ever lost any sles
over the fact that he did not hav
enough bones laid aside for his d.
clinging years."
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-05

The Tribune notes a "rumor that
Senator-elect Trammell will make
Tampa his home" and adds. Now
hear Lakeland roar" Well just wait
for the yerifcation Of that rumor
before doing any roaring. We believe
Park Trammell had rather live in
Lakeland than any other eity--except
Washington.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-05

performers who have ascended
stardom by their successfully unigI
achievements. and most of ths
number the ability to dance unusu.
ly among their talents, and no /,
of these performers, = unless III
work as a team, dance alike.
An attraction Of such unusv
merits is sure to draw pacs
house. Sale Of Seats will begin r
day at City Drug Store.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-05

- IMMEDIATELY FOR
CASH, SECONDHAND MOTOR
CYCLES ALL MAKES AND MOD
ELS. ALSO FORD TOURING
!. CARS, ROAD STEERS AND
TRUCKS, ALL YEARS. MUST
BE BARGAINS. HILL & MAS,
217 FRANKLIN, TAMPA, FLA.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-05

The County Commissioners went
into deep. dark, secret. black-hand
session, and with the principal
b!ack-hander. j. c. Swindel, in
charge. bounced him from the chair
manship OF their black-hand DELHI
erations. Yep-that's the way OF IL.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-05

Florida Is becoming a great
State for hogs" proclaims the Or
lando Citizen. Aye-and other ami
mails, also
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-05
In Nanette OF the Wilds
loo Casino Tonight 1Oc
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS

NOTICE TO STOCKHOI0ERS
Notice is hereby given that the an.
nualii meeting of the stockholders Of
the Lakeland Phosphate Company will
be held in the Company's ONCE at
their mines near Lakeland. Florida.
on Wednesday, January 18th. 1917. at
10 q. m.
609S w. d. McRAE, Sec.
The midland journal., 1917-10-12
SOLVE FARM LABOR PROBLEM
Department of Agriculture Endeavor-
ing to Bring About Better Organi-
zation Of Labor.

From the United States Department Of
Agriculture)
The extension of the activities of the
United States department of agricul-
ture dealing with the farm labor prob
lem is made possible through the food
production act, which provides funds
for this purpose. The department, in
cooperation with the department of
labor, has been endeavoring to bring
about better organization of the labor
remaining on farms and to call into
service available labor which hereto
fore has not been fully or regularly
utilized in farming operations. Repre-
sentatives have been detailed to COOP
crate with the state officials in charge
of labor matters, the state agricul-
tural colleges, the county agents and
the county or local township labor COM
mittees or representatives.
The food production act, by making
available additional funds, will enable
the department to render still more
effective cooperation with the state
and other labor agencies, both in deter
mining local labor needs and supplies,
and in effecting economic distribution.
The midland journal., 1917-10-12
AMOUNT OF SALT IN BUTTER
On Every Dairy Farm There Should
Be Scale That Will Weigh to
Ounce or Finer.

While it may be pardonable to esti-
mate the weight of butter in churn
ing, which some are able to do with
surprising accuracy, it is never good
plan to "guess" at the weight of the
salt required for churning. On each
and every farm where butter is made
there should be scale that will weigh
to ounces or finer and both butter and
salt carefully weighed before the lat
ter is added to the former.
The amount of salt to add to butter
varies, first, according to the require
ments of the market, and, secondly, ac-
cording to the method of making but
ter. No butter should contain over
about per cent of salt. This is above
the maximum that can be properly
dissolved in butter. Butter cannot
contain more than 16 per cent of the
moisture and inasmuch as water is the
only dissolving substance in butter it
can readily be seen that the amount
of salt that will dissolve in butter Is
limited.
The midland journal., 1917-10-12
SELECTION OF GARDEN SEED
Advisable to Do Work in Fal! From
Plants Known to Have Been Sat
isfactory in Every Way.

To get the best returns from the
garden we must have good seed; and
in order to get the best seed it Is often
advisable to do our selecting in the
fall from plants that we know have
been satisfactory in every way. There
are great possibilities in plant breed
ing through seed selection for the gar
dener or farmer who will devote a
little time to this work. Some money
can be saved, too, by saving portion
at least of our own seeds at spare
times during the summer and fall.
Another advantage in home saving Of
seeds is that we can thereby be sure of
planting nothing but perfectly fresh
seeds in the spring, while if we buy, it
is impossible to be sure that the seeds
are good.
The midland journal., 1917-10-12
PLAN FOR GOPHER TRAPPING
Most Effective "Set" for Trap Is in
Main Runway-Twelve-lne iron
Spoon Is Useful.

The most effective "set" for the GO
pher trap is in the main runway, A,
and not in the lateral run, B, that
leads to the surface mound. This ne
-cessitates the use of two traps per
setting, one in each direction; but the
results are so much more certain and
quicker that the catch per trap per
day is greater than where but one trap
is set in lateral run, where it is
often filled full of dirt by the gopher.
A common stiff-handled Pinch iron
spoon is of great assistance in finding
the main run, and in properly placing
the trap. This spoon had better be
supplemented by light, short-handled
shovel, for the man that is afraid to
dig will never get rid of his gophers.
The midland journal., 1917-10-12
FIGHT PLANT DISEASES.
Campaign Planned Against De-
struCtive MaIadieS.
Special Work Will Be Undertaken to
Reduce Epidemies Of Black Rust
In. Spring Wheat Areas-To
Improve Storage Methods.

Hrom the United States Department of
Agriculture)
Destructive plant diseases which an
nually make heavy inroads into the
crops of the country, are to be at
tackled with renewed energy by the
United States department Of agricul-
ture. The extended work is made
possible by appropriations carried in
the food production bill which has just
been enacted by congress.
Special work will be undertaken by
the bureau Of plant industry with n
view to reduction of the destructive
epidemics Of black rust in the spring
wheat areas and reduction of the in
jury from grain smut, especially in the
central and western states. The bu-
reau also will place in the field ad-
ditional expert pathologists to advise
country agents especially in the con-
troll of destructive diseases of pota-
toes, beans and truck crops, and will
undertake special surveys to deter
mine the causes of injury in regions
suffering heavy losses from plant dis
eases in order that control measures
may be undertaken promptly.
In addition to it's work for the con-
troll of plant diseases, the bureau Of
plant industry will seek to stimulate
the conservation Of food products by
demonstrating proper methods of stor-
ing such crops as may be stored in
common storage, by improving the
methods of storage and by demon
strating the drying of farm products.
The midland journal., 1917-10-12
MAYOR ARRA|GNED
IN MURDER CASE
Philadelphia Executive and
Eight Others Accused
OF ELECTION CONSPIRACY
Hearing Attracks Throng To Court.
Trial OF Gunmen Waits On Dis
posal OF "Hieher-ups"
In Case.
OF ELECTION CONSPIRACY

Philadelphia. = Mayor Thomas b.
Smith and eight other men were
formally arraigned on the charge OF
conspiracy to murder as the result OF
the killing of Policeman Eppley by I'M
ported gunner during the recent prl-
mary election riots in the blood"
Fifth ward. The hearing took place
in the Municipal courtroom of the City
Hall before Judge Brown.
The other eight defendants are:
Isaac Deutsch, Common Councilman
from the Fifth ward; Police Lieuten-
ant David Bennett, William E. Finley,
Select Councilman; John Wirtschafter,
special policeman; Michael Murphy,
special policeman; Clarence Hayden,
Emmanuel Uram and Louis Feldman,
the latter three being policemen from
the Fifth ward.
with the actual murder was put aside
in order to prosecute the nine men.
Samuel G. Maloney, chief of the Val
O'Farrell Detective Agency, who was
arrested on charges of conspiracy to
murder, but later released on writ
of habeas. corpus, with the aid of Dis
trict Attorney Rotan, was the star wit
ness against the accused.
Hours before the time set for the
trial spectators jammed the corridors
of the City Hall in efforts to gain ad-
mittance to the courtroom. Admis-
sion was by card only. Many clergy
men were unable to gain entry and
had to be satisfied with news that
came from the trial.
That Mayor Smith told James A.
Carey, who was elected as Common
Councilman from the "bloody" Fifth
ward, that he (the Mayor had started
the Wares against Carey and that the
Wares were told to go the limit during
the city administration, was brought
out when Carey was put on the stand.
Carey testified that the Mayor told
him that the city administration was
against the witness.
"T started the Wares against you.
l told them to go the limit, and that
my administration would stand behind
Them Mayor Smith told me-" Carey
| testified.
Carey was one of the men assaulted
by imported gunner and suffered from
fractured skull.