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The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-07-28
FLORIDA SAWMllLS
WORKING TO CAPACITY
IN SUPPLYING LUMBER
FOR BIG UNITED STATES
ARMY CANTONMENTS

Jacksonville. July 2S.-With 75,-
10000 foot order for various grades
and sizes of FlOridai yellow pine,
tucked away in their respective safes,
the saw mill men of the State are
working their mills to capacity. in
order to complete the contracts on
schedule time, and in order that there
shall be no delay in the shipments
of the lumber, the railroads are meet
ing the demands of the mills, wher-
ever possible by supplying the nee
essary cars.
This gigantic lumber contract is a
part of that being used in the con-
structiOn of the United States army
cantonments at Petersburg, Va; At
lanta, Ca, and Admiral. Nd, and will
be completed when the last stick is
shipped from mills in the State on
September l.
For the purpose of discussing the
situation; finding out what per cent.
of the contracts the mills have indi-
vidually shipped; when they will be
able to compete the orders, and when
they woud be able to accept addition
al government contracts, one hun
dred members of the Georgia Florida
Saw Mills Mems Association, met
Wednesday morning at the Hotel
Windsor.
Representatives from the Admiral
Md, cantonment and the railroads
were present to push the saw mill
men to further efforts, and although
there were a few mills represented
who stated that they were handi-
capped from lack of cars, il was
shown that the railroads had orders
to rush government shipments of lum-
ber over all other shipments, and that
if the mills would advise the secre
tary, any scarcity of cors would be at
once remedied.
The matter of accepting an addi-
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-07-28
MRS. TALLEY'S FUNERAL
I OCCURRED THIS MORNING

The funeral services over the re
MAINS OF Mrs, }. R Talley were
conducted this morning at 10 clock
at the family residence, a large mum
ber of sorrowing friends in attend
ance
The service was in charge Of Rev
l.. ID. Lowe. Many beautiful floral
offerings attested to the high regard
IN which this noble woman was held
After the service at the home. all
repaired to the cemetery where in
terment was made under the direc
tor of the Gentry Undertaking Co i.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-07-28
FOUR CARLOADS OF
"CHINKS" PASS THROUGH

Orlando, July 2S.-Ten steel
coaches of the Southern Pacific Rail
way filled with Cinnamon from Cal
ifnrnia. and guarded by ten deputy
limited States marshals passed
through Orlando on the 3 o'clock
train yesterday morning
But meagre information concern
ing this unusual passenger movement
was obtainable from local officials
but /, is understood that the China
mel are bound for Port Tampa 10
shin for Cuba, where Chinese col
ony is being planted
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-07-28

Ps' e. ID. Mendenhall went down
|ampa today where she will spend
Fek with her daughter while Mr..
oenhall is away in another part
e State on an engineering trip.
aking Of Capt. Mendenhall, his
Ter stated she had not heard
'ler he had started for France
or not. In his last letter he
p he had strained his back
severely, one of the require
OF the examining board being
ne should pick up a 200-pound
and throw him across his back.
Ollowed instructions and the eff
are now following him.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-07-28

Photographer Chamberlain will
open a branch studio in Plait City
next Wednesday, Aug. /, and will
probably be there the rest of that
week After that first week and
during the balance of August at
least he expects to be in Plant City
Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays
of each week and here in Lakeland
I thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-07-28

at the Baptist church tomorrow
morning the service in honor Of Co.
d will start at l0:40 with a fifteen
minute program by the S. s., con
sisting of the following.
Song-America, by Primary De.
partment.
Presenting the Flag.
Song-The Banner of the Cross
Philapheas.
Presenting Christian Flag.
Reading-'His Mothers Songs.
Gladys Davis.
Song-Baraca Class.
Song-By Congregation, standing
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-07-28
CALL MEETING OF o. E. S.

Monday night August 80 Palm
Chapter 0. E. S. will convene in call
meeting for the purpose OF iniating
several candidates.
Mrs. Annabelle Reed, Past Grand
Matron of Tampa, and other out of
town Stars are expected to attend.
The annual Home Coming" will
be observed at this time and all are
asked to attend.
Hostesses for the evening, Mrs. j.
H. Meyer, Mrs. o. M. Eaton, Mrs. j.
H. Scally, Mrs. H. H. Register.
M. w. B. MOON, w. M.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-07-28

Er Will Sammon, the popular
efficient paying teller of the
k National Bank, leaves +omor-
on his annual vacation and will
away about three months. He
|ects to go first to Decatur, ILL.,,
Fre he will visit his grandmother,
being Mr.. Sammon' birthplace
will later 60 to Chicago where he
do that little burg under the
ding hand of Bobby McNulty..
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-07-28
In Society
Episcopal Guild Will Meet
Mendav Afternoon

me Guild OF All Saints Episcopal
clurch will meet Monday afternoon
at $50 at Guild Hall AS there will
ne no meeting during Auguht, this
VIII be very important meeting
and full membership is required to
be present on this occasion
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-07-28
MARRIAGE LICENSES

'oiiowing marriage licenses
0een issued during the past
re- spring and Miss Lucille Byrd,
Of Lakeland.
ence Z. Martin and Miss Mary
uandy, both of Barlow.
aam t. Gibbons and Miss Mary
Fon' both of Lakeland.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-07-28
CARD OF THANKS

axe this method of express
Vur many friends and neigh
'~ heartfelt thanks for their
" rendered to us during the
and death of our husband
Visage Morgan
YRS. vISAGE MORGAN.
d J. MORGAN, FAMILY.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-07-28

|r. and Mrs. C. v. McIntyre
| today for Rocky Mount, n. g.,
|Ge they will visit Mr. McIrtyre's
Eher. They will be joined in
|ksOnville by Mrs. ]. N. TOlar nee
B Lille Mae Mcintyre. They will
Etinue to Washington, and Balti-
be, N. Y, on returning. Mrs. Nc
|re will stop at Baltimore for
|ical treatment.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-07-28

yr. and Mrs. S. M. Stephens
ave Monday in their car for Hot
rings, Ark, where after a stay of
kveral weeks they will motor by
y stages to the mountains of
' 'nh Carolina, where they will
md the remainder of the summer.
Ney are looking forward to a most
sasant trip.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-07-28

|ieut. c. A. Will and wife re-
ped home last night from trip
several weeks to Oklahoma,
Pre- thew visited Lieut.. Wills par
!. They had a most delightful
but were anxious to get back
lakeland. Lieut.. Will is husily
fged in assisting Captain SteitI
fetting everything in readiness
Company DIS departure OH
ust 5.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-07-28

Mr. C. l.. Richardson, manager of
n Webster Farms Co., with head
L,rters in Lakeland, is enjoying his
L,stion with his family at Boca
tude. where they have gone for u
hr of some duration
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-07-28

Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Cobb are the
and parents of a big fine boy, lit
|, E. G. Jr. The little fellow ar
ron last night at 10:30. Both the
[,,ber and baby are doing fine.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-07-28

The contract for the reclamation
work in the Limestone drainage dis
trict has been let to d. B. Williams
OF oveido. and the work will be com
menced shortly 1t will drain 'o,9oo
DeSoto acres.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-07-28

The cottage prayer meetings bein 8
Id by the Methodist ladies will be
Ia once each week in the future,
\ meeting on the north side OF the
[lyoad and one meeting on the
tth side will be at the horoe of
[s Sarah Polk. The meeting on
north side will be announced
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-07-28

son; Henry Sutton and wife to
Paul w o Ronald; o NJ Eaton and
wife to First National Bank, Lake
land; Norman A Ruggins to Mrs A
o Gugsby; II d Bassett and wife to
w Fl Harrison; Clayte Mclvane to
w H Harrison; II ID Bassett to Sarah
Campbell; E M Watts to f c Angel;
c + Minis to State Bank Lakeland;
f NJ Law to Oscar Ryals; Thomas
w Bryant to B P Wilder; D Fl Sloan
to First Saving and Trust Co.
Tampa. Repord
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-07-28

pr. F. r.. Clute has gone to
E,hington, D. c., where he goes to
ls,pt a position with the govern
ant Mrs. Clute will join him later
:, until she does she is stopping
Ian her friend, Mrs. j. H. Woodall.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-07-28

county has entered into the
[NOn of potatoes. The muck
round that section are being
All records are being broken
|'nper crop Of 14O barrels to
II Of Irish potatoes
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-07-28

LACONICS

AIR. and Mrs. Z. o. Flood are
,ooding seevral weeks very pleasant.
at Hot Springs. Ark, where they
E,n1 few lays ago.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-07-28
PHONE 26o

tional government contract for ap-
proximately 1900 sixty-fOOt piling,
and 4,OOO,O 900 feet of lumber for ship
ment to France, was discussed, but
not acted upon during the meeting.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-07-28
RED CROSS SUBSCRIPTIONS

Balance due for July s393..3i
Payments made since those
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-07-28

Balance due for July
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-04
BALLS CATCH SAVES GAME
Bridgeport Prevented BY Remarkable Play From
Taking Double Bill From New Haven

\ Neal Ball prevented Bridgeport
from taking two games from the New
Haven champions yesterday. The
local boy who is covering second for
New Haven got away with a remark
BILE catch in the tenth when it looked
to be all over but getting home to
lunch. In this inning there were two
down and two on bases when Gather
came to bat. He slammed a liner
over second and Bracket left second
for a trip to the plate. 1t was a
chance that second basemen ordinar
lily would not try for but Ball ran
over, reached out with his bare hand
and caught the ball as it was whizzing
by. Bridgeport had no chance to
score after that and had to be con-
tent with a tie, to s, after battling
13 innings.
Dug Smith and Mysterious Walker
were the opposing pitchers. Smith
had his troubles in the ealy part OF
the game but the Bridgeport south
paw bothered the visitors in the clos
ing rounds. Walker was effective
throughout, a muff of a pop fly by
Bradshaw in the seventh and another
error by Nutter giving the locals two
runs in the seventh. Corcoran played
brilliantly at third in place of King
Lear. who failed to appear. Gather
and Grimes, with two hits each, led
in the batting. The score:
New Haven
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-04
Big CROWD SEES
LANIUS TAKE RACE
AT BELMONT PARK

New York, Sept 4.--Racing exper-
fenced it's biggest day of the year at
Belmont Park yesterday, as judged
by a crowd which swarmed over club
house, grandstand and lawns.
The card was light and not par
ticular1y attractive; none of the stars
of the turf were named to start, and
yet such was the lure of the sport that
close to 10000 men and women jour
neSed to the track to spend their
holiday, and journeyed home again
we'll satisfied that ii had been spent
to their taste.
Three driving finishes. keen COM
petition throughout made up largely
for the lack of an outstanding feature
and for the absence of those horses
most in the public eye. There is some
thing about head-and- head finish
which stirs to great depths those who
love racing, and there was plenty of
stirring yesterday, full expression of
which was given in the shouts and
shrieks which greeted the horses as
they battled through the stretch.
George D. Widener's Lanius won
the Champagne Stakes at seven fur
longs, fixture first run far back in
1857 at old Jerome Park, and now
1alrly gf1zzieQ WIFI age, Wnale James
Buffers Ba1ly beat Straight Forward
and Liberty Loan in the Jerome Han
dicap at one mile, a stake also rich
in turf tradition.
st. Isidore, Syosset, Kebo and Me-
mories II. were the other winners
and these are mentioned purely to
round out the news of a days rae
| ing which really was most notable fo1
the size color and bubbiing enthus-
iasm ofsthe truly brilliant crowd.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-04
ALEXANDER DOES
IRON MAN STUNT;
WINS DOUBLE BILL

New York, Sept yesterday be-
ing Labor Day. the Nebraska farmer,
Grover Cleveland Alexander, now
pitching for the Philadelphias, decid-
ed to put in a full days work and
give Pat Moran a real run for the big
salary check Alec gets every little
while. So he worked in the box for
two full games and won the first, to
o., and assisted largely in winning the
second by 9 to 8. About 1900 fans
saw his cleanup performance and
left the grounds pretty thoroughly
satisfied that he is quite a pitcher.
The National League champions
rushed four Fingers into the game,
hoping to avert impending disaster.
Vanguard and Russell performing in
the first session. and Coombs and
Smith trying to stop the farmers
harvest in the second. But Alexander
was out for a record and had a stone
wall defense baek~of him, a team that
was full of base hits and alert base
running, SO that not even crowd
of constantly encouraging fans could
stop the garnering of the ripe fruits
Brooklyn did not play 50 badly as
the scores would seem to indicate, for
the Phillies poked the ball hard and
earned most Of the runs they accuni-
ulated by good stick work. putting
their hits together where they would
do the most good.
Alexander is one of the few pitch
ers in the big leagues who does not
take a minutes - two before deliver
ing each ball. In fact he is one of
the fastest pitchers in the league He
scored his initial victory in II min
| utes, record this season for Ebbets
Field. It only took him one hour and
| forty minutes to complete the second
game.
The crowd appreciated the fine
| work of Alexander and gave him a
great ovation as he walked off the
field after retiring Hi Myers for the
final out in the second game.
In scoring this victory Alexander
had to pitch I20 balls. He pitched.
eleven in the first inning, twelve in
the second. eleven in the third, twer-
| ty-one in fourth, twelve in the fifth.
fifteen in the sixth, eighteen in the
seventh, twelve, in the eighth and only
seven in the ninth
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-04

ton on the Savin Rock grounds yes-
terday afternoon. Infantile weakness
with the stick coupled with two costly
blunders by Center Fielder Joe Shan
non accounted for the defeat. The
Murlins failed to display their ueual
class and fell easy victims to the good
pitching Of Joe Gingras. Woodward
twfrled good enough ball to win half
a dozen games but was handicapped
through faulty fielding and the failure
of his teammate to hit.
The Afternoon game was marked
by the absence of the expected thrills.
Both woodward and Martin, who en-
gagged in a fight q week ago, were on
their good behavior and made no ef-
fort to resume activities. Trouble
doomed up in the fourth inning, how
ever, when Martin accused Woodward
of deliberately trying to hit him with
a pitched ball. Woodward shot a ball
far on the inside and Martin pulled
his bat in back Of him. making no eff
fort to swing at 1t. The ball struck
the bat, however, and rolled to Wood
ward, who threw to MILLER for an
easy out.
Moose Miller celebrated the day in
fitting style by hitting the tobacco
sign in left field. The clout gave him
two bases and also enabled him to en-
large his bank roll to the extent OF
$50. Miller's clout started batting
rally but the men behind him were
unable to push him across.
Bridgeport broke into the scoring
| column in the fourth inning. After
| two had been retired Gather shot a
| single to. center and advanced to Sec
ond on a passed ball by Fahegty
Shannon then made mess OF Grimes
long fly and the Bridgeport first base.
man took three bases, Gather scoring
Torphy momentarily ,f1rnIbled Shan.
mont return and Grimes had no trou.
BILE completing the circuit Bridge
port scored it's final run in the ninth
on Lear's double to left and Shannon's
juicy muf Of Gathers long fly to cen
ter field.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-04
SINGERS GET EVEN
SPLIT WITH BOYS
FROM SOUTH BEND

Large crowds saw the morning and
afternoon games between the SINCE,
baseball club of the Industrial league
and the Singer boys from South Bend.
Ind, which were played at Seaside
park yesterday. The local players
romped away with the morning con-
test by to 8, but lost in the after
noon by to q
In the morning Champion, the
Singer star hurler, hadg the visitors
bafhed. He famed 10 and held them
scoreIess until the last two innings
For the South Benders, Moore was
wild but was effective at times. May
ertack Ovid the hinging for the locals
in the afternoon encounter. He waa
given poor support and by punching
hits with errors Of the locals, the
boys from the West gained the adj
vantage. The deciding game in the
series is scheduled for Seaside park
this afternoon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-04
YANKS PUT RED
SoX OUT OF RACE
BY WINNING TWO

Boston, Sept. 4.-The New York
League pennant this year, but they
played a part yesterday afternoon in
its disposition, or SO 1T seems to the
Boston fans, who sadly enough saw
them win two games from the Red
Sox today, while the Chicago White
Sox jumped further into the lead by
taking both ends Of double-header
from Detroit.
Jack Barry and his men will not
concede defeat, but a six and d half
game lead is big gap to bridge in
a waning season.
The Yankees were full of fire and
dash. They won the morning
game, led by Bob Shawkey, by a
prise Of a big holiday. crowd captured
the afternoon game by a score of 4
to 1, with Ray Fisher, the Vermont
schoolmaster, occupying the pitching
mound.
The morning game was thriller
and was won in the ninth. So effective
was the pitching Of shywkey and of
George Foster, his pitching rival, that
there was no scoring until the ninth.
Wany, Pipp, slammed a vicious drive
over first base in the final inning and
pulled up at second.
Joe Gedeon laid down a sacrifice
hunt and Pipp reached third. j.
Franklin Baker was purposely passed
by Foster under instructions from
Barry. This put the matter squarely
up to Tim Hendryx, the New Orleans
youngster. Tim allowed the first one
to go by, but the next he cracked
on the nose and away went the cork
centre to left field. Pipp easily scor-
ing.
Unlike the morning game, the Yam
KEGS decided the issue in the after
noon struggle in the opening inning,
driving Dutch Leonard off the mound
and scoring four runs before Barry
took him out and sept Herb ,Pennock
to the mound. Pennock pitched won
derful ball. only two men reaching
first on him, one on a base on balls
and the other by being hit by a pitch
ed ball.
But those four runs were quite suf-
ficient to win the game, as the Red
Sox could score off Fisher in the
Seventh inning only. Ray had many
pressing moments during the ninth IN
ming, but he never faltered and seem
ed to pitch at his best with men on the
bases.
What Jared the big crowd in the
first inning was that Leonard had re-
tired High and Gilhooley before tins
fireworks began. Peck started II WIZ
a single to left and went to tn1ro
when Pipp hit for two bases. where
| upon Gedeon singled, and Peck ane
Pipp crossed the plate. Baker KEEP
| up the attack with a single. Thi!
/ was followed by a long two-bagsel
| by Hendryx, Gedeon and Baker scor
ing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-04
u p A N D D 0 w N
s. p O r T S T. r e E T
HEATING GOING WE'LL.

Ray Heating of this city has done
good work for Toledo Of the American
association this year, considering the
fact that the club behind him Is UP
usually weak. Although Heating may
not get back to the big show next
season he will at least hold down a
Job in the American association, the
highest salaried minor league in the
country. Yesterday Heating pitched
part of the first game Of a double
header against Indianapolis and won
by Z to 4. In the second game, which
was q seven inning contest he held
Indianapolis to a to S tie, allowing
only six hits.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-04
MIKE GIBBONS is
DlLLON'S MASTER

Terre HaaIte, Int, Sept. 4.-Jack Dill
lon was no match for Mike Gibbons in
a ten round bout here yesterday It
was a no decision affair but there was
no question that Gibbons won. He
started after Dillon in the opener and
captured every round with the excep-
ton of the third, when Dillon rallied.
In the fifth round Gibbons rocked
Dillon's head with a left jaSo and de-
livered repeated blows to the face,
drawing blood and inf1icting punish
ment to the eyes. sIn the remaining
rounds Dillon showed signs of distress,
but displayed remarkable grit, which
kept him on his feet under staggering
blows.
Gibbons grew cautious in the ninth
and tenth rounds, but finished with a
rain of rights and lefts that sent Dill
lon staggering to his corner.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-04
De PALMA LOSES
BIG AUTO RACE IN
CHICAGO PROGRAM

Chicago, Sept. winner of the
first two events at 20 and SO miles,
Ralph De Palma, the Italian driver,
lost the 100-mile event, the big race
Of the Grand American Cup program
at Speedway Park yesterday, because
he was, forced to stop for a change
of tires in the 68th mile. The race
went to Louis Chevrolet, who covered
the distance in 6:29:05. Dave Lewis
finished second and De Palma third.
+ De Palma won the first two races
after thrilling drives with CASTOR
Chevrolet, a brother of Louise, and
Dave Lewis. CASTOR Chevrolet finish
ed second in the 20-mile spin and
Lewis second in the SO. The italian
broke the track record in both
events. He made the 20 miles in
11:22:07 and the SO miles In $500.
He averaged 108 miles an hour in the
first dash.
/ The car driven by Louis Chevrolet
was forced out of the races in the
eighth mile of the first event by a
broken connecting rod. 1t was his
brothers car that he drove to victory
in the 100-mile race.
De Palma showed the way to the
Frenchman until the 63th mile, when
he was driven into the pits by tire
trouble. Although off the track only
| 19 seconds, it was enough to give
! Chevrolet the lead; which he retained.
The spectators were given a thrill
| near the end Of the race, when Tom
! Alley, roaring down the stretch in
front of the grand stand, threw a
/ rear wheel. The car skidded toward
the stands, and then Alley quickly
Strengthened it and held it to the
track. y
The victories in the first two events
were the first De Palmo ever won at
the local speedway, although he has
competed in nearly every race
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-04
jim COFFEY BEATS
MADDEN ON POINTS

New York, Sept. 4-Jim Coffey,,
the Roscemmon Giant, came back
last night at the Fairmont Club in a
10-round battle with BARLEY Madden.
Jeems pasted his opponent from one
side of the ring to the other all dur
ing the bout. Time and again he had
BARLEY in bad shape, but Jim failed
to get over the needed punch to win
himself a knockout.
Coffey weighed 203 pounds, while
Madden was % pounds lighter. Jim
appeared to be a bit heavy and this
extra weight did not help his speed.
The club was packed to the rafters
and the police were forced to close
the doors early. This tremendous
outpour Of fans proves that Coffey
still is New York's biggest heavy
weight favorite.