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The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-20
A GOOD APPOINTMENT

The appointment of Arthur T. Will
liams as federal fuel administrator
for Florida will give perfect conf
dence in all parts of the State in the
fuel administration so far as il ap-
plies to this State, for Mr.. Williams
is we'll known over Florida, and al.
who know him have absolute conf
tence in him. He is a man of tact
and ability, and, as for honesty,
Floridians are ready to trust him
with their eyes shut.
1t is important that these positions
that the war has created and that
give those who old them great DOW
ers that would not be entrusted {,
any man in time of peace be filed by
men in whom the people have con.
lldence in every respect. The will.
ingness of the public to submit to
unusual restrictions is measured
largely by the confidence in the man
wno is expected to see that tho re-
strlctions are enforced The first
requisite is not only absolute homes.
ty conceded by all. A stranger to the
people might be absolutely honest.
but the people would have to learn
confidence in him. Men clothed with
unusual powers are apt to abuse
them, and the people would look for
aouses and suspect abuses If the we'll
known character Of the man did not
set that question at rest. But abso.
lutte honesty is not the only valuable
quality. A man should have good
judgment and, tact, and he should he
Nhown to possess these qualities. A
weii-meaning, tactless man might do
a great deal Of harm in a position NJ
such power as food or fuel adr,,n,,
'rStor-a position to which the peo-
PIE are not accustomed, and tba.
would not be thought of except be
cause OF the necessities of the war
Mr.. Williams will prove a vain.
ap'e man. He will not have to wi,
tne confidence of the people of Flor
iod' lie has done that already .nd
win that question settled he will,
md hi swork much easier than !,
"odld prove to one not so wei, an,
-.'''iapiy known. JacksonyilIe
Times-Union. -
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-20

FOR SAd,E-1917 Ford in good con-
clifton; price reasonable. Also have
electric starter at bargain. Gas,
OIL accessories. Come here for
your repair work: expert workmen
Cn all cars. Fords speciality
Perry Garage. Phone 225. 6917
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-20
ADDITIONAL CLASSIFIED ADS

FOR RENT Furnished room with
use of kitchen and home privi-
lcges to desirable people. 905 East
Lime street. 6914
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-20

FOR RENT-My 14-room boarding
house, cheap or will rent In light
housekeeping apartments furnished
or unfurnished. Mrs. John Cason,
Phone 46S Green. 691l
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-20

Inc Acme Phosphate Company Of
ohicago' will establish a branch AZ
Morriston. The new plant will han.
uie zoo tons in its mill and grinding
ue partments, and will prepare and
market double crop soft phosphate
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-20
FOR SALE

Three 12-gauge shot guns, for
sale cheap. All in good condition
P. D. LOGAN,
Phone 359. 69l6
BY Mary Alahea Woodward
of The Vigilantes
Would you like to hear what Kin
sey did, for his "bit" for the
war?
When he wandered into Paris, with
just the clothes he wore;
And a wheel, made in the nineties
and somewhat worse for wear,
Not a penny in his pocket, and odd
jobs for daily fare.
Yet he swore he'd do his "bit" for
France, and bring the 'shekels'
In:
There's just one thing l know" says
he with a rather sheepish grin:
"The Curfew Shall Not RingTonight'
| learned it when a boy;
I'll say it in ecah town In France,
if it is saveloy!'
SO kinsey mounts upon his wheel
you'd laugh to see his clothes,
His pants and coat mile too tight
hat half way on his nose
Bct yet he had the goods all right
i wish you'd heard that piece,
lie knew just how to swing his arms
to make the Curfew cease
a first they thought him rathe
daft, but before the piece wacc
through,
They know he meant it all for
France, and handed in the sous.
SO when the war is over, and we
start to reckon UP
The men who did the best thev cou,,,
let lnsey have the Gun,
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-20

Have you all the Insurance Won
need? Ask w. D. Edwards, Room
II, Post Once. s7H
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-20

Insure your Buildings herchan-
disc and Automobiles, with w. d.
Room II, Post ONCE. s7e6
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-20

one OF the st. Petersburg hotels is
10 ouiid an addition of eighty rooms
IN the early spring. The addition
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-20

FOR SALE-Nice fat hens for
Thanksgiving. Phone 494 Blue.
6915
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-20

Three 12-gauge shot guns, for
sale cheap. All in good condition
P. D. LOGAN,
Phone 359 69l6
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-20
An Important Factor

Our superior equipment and unlimited facilities are such
that the requirements of the largest accounts
whoutin neglectng the accommodations needed
by our smallest patrons.
This is GOOD place for you to transact
your Banking business.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31
THE EDITOR ADVISES HIMSELF.

Inasmuch as editors generally take upon them
selves the task of instructing everybody else and
advising them we think it would be a good idea
for US to advise ourselves a little. This advice
is especially appropriate at this time of the year
when the cost Of everything from ink to erasers
has gone up in price except the average news
paper.
While it may not be interesting to you there
are papers in New York which will pay $685. 900
more for white paper this year than they did
last year, and while our bill is not quite as much
it is proportionately larger than theirs when bas-
ed upon circulation. We don't care to lose a sim
gle subscriber but in this talk to ourselves we
are going to advise US to stop sending The Com
monwealth to those who don't want it bad enough
to pay tor it.
AS we always talk about the way nobody takes
our advice this time we are going to urge it upon
ourselves to take our advice. We face the facts
and not promises, we want you to read the paper
regularly, but you must not let your paper stay
behind. Pay US for a year, help US to get along
with the increased expenditures and we will give
you a better paper.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

Do you know about the new sys-
TEN Of supporting fences7 The old
method Of placing heavy. rigid posts
every few feet has been demonstrated
to be wrong In principle. The new
system of supporting fences is to make
them on the principle of a fiddle string.
You know, a fiddle string Is fastened
at each end. says Farm Machinery.
Anything that hits It at any point pro.
duces stresses In the string, that are
transmitted to the terminals. . The
new fences are built in the same way.
Two solid terminals are built, 40 rods
apart. Between these the wire Is
stretched tightly, but It will sag be.
cause the distance between terminals
Is so long. SO it is held up from the
ground by thin, flexible steel supports
that are anchored Is inches below the
surface Of the ground. With these
bow-string fences, when a sudden
shock comes on the fencing wire, such,
for example, as a bun charging the
fence, the flexible supports bend In an
even curve from their point Of anchor.
age, their knifelike edges cutting the
ground and cushionIng against the
earth. The fencing wire acts exactly
as though the flexible supports were
not there. In taking care of the shock.
1t Is transmitted directly to the end
terminals, which are made amply
strong to resist them.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

The noted correspondent Kari Won
Wiegand wires from Berlin that Count
Zeppelin and Professor Schuette are
Intense rivals in attempting to build
an "air cruiser" that can sail from Ger.
many to America with as little trou.
BILE as the Deutschland experienced
In marine travels. German scientific
ingenuity may achieve the remarkable
feat. It has our utmost admiration.
says Syracuse Journal The Zep.
pelin is striking testimony Of what
the constructive genius of the country
amounts to; the "Schuette.Lanz" air.
ship Is the most modern Of aerial
dreadnaughts. Who Is 10 daring as
to prophesy that what these eminent
engineers undertake seriously cannot
be Accomplishment
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31
AMERICAN HOUSES IN EUROPE.

1t is not altogether improbable that after
the war the United States will be called upon to
furnish Europe much of her raw materials and
some trade experts think that we will have to
furnish them building materials. As a matter of
fact, an American company has already made
shipments of completed houses to South America,
where they are asembled according to the plans
of the American builders.
England, Russia and France are making in
quiries in this country as to the cost of having
industrial buildings and dwellings for employees
constructed in pieces over here and shipped across
the Atlantic for erection when desired. This
method OF putting up houses is strictly an Amer
lean conception and it seems to be making a strong
appeal to the rest of the world.
1t has been a long time since building mater
ial crossed the Atlantic but this change only
shows what e may expect after the war. Con-
ditions will be SO different from what they are
now, or were before tine war, that it would be
futile to make a guess as to what is in store. TLo
best advice is to get their business in good sounu
shape, so that whatever may be the financial con-
dition at the close OF the war, it will be able to
stand up on it's own bottom and remain erect by
its Owl strength.
Just because money is plentiful now, and cred
it is cheap, is no reason why any business man
should attempt too much. Do everything that
good business sensesdictates, but don't go beyond
safety by trying to accomplish too much under the
present conditions. Wait until we see how the
is going to turn out and then you won't
have to spend the rest Of your life wishing that
you hadn't.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

Probably the reason for examining
new reading matter-and reading It
too-backward, Is to be found In this:
There is SO much being offered
nowadays In the way Of stories and
articles on a thousand and one sub.
jects that the man who values his
time cannot be inveigled into giving
them all Il careful perusal. So, in
"self.protection, to avoid being left
on anything Of real Importance, he
takes a look at the concluding para.
graphs to see what the writer Is real.
~ talking about; then, II he finds
the author has a message he be.
gins at the beginning and reads
through. Your critical reader knows
that many a prolific word purveyor
land there are some who are Just
that-takes a few hundred words to
get into his subject, that there 10 Z
certain amount of lost time In al.
most every lengthy magazine story.
The message Is oftenest toward tho
end. ~.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31
THOSE COLD "DRY" FEET.
It's just as we feared.

It's just as we feared.
A majority of the members of the legislature
say they would vote for an absolute prohibition
law, if called to Jackson, but they doubt the
wisdom of an extra session.
Some take refuge behind the argument that it
would be a "heavy burden on the taxpayers"
while others contend that the quart-at-a-time law
ought to be given a thorough test.
They all favor absolute prohibition, of course.
Of course, OF course.
But they lack the courage to put it to the test.
Confronted with the prospect Of not being able
to get a drink, under any circumstances whatso-
ever, even the most ardent prohibitionist grows
pale and trembles.
It's all right, you know, to take temptation
from the lips OF a weak and erring brother, but
When 1t comes TO removing your own private de-
canter from the sideboard-well, that's another
matter.
State sovereignty in the matter of prohibition
has been recognized by the nations highest trib-
unal, and the professional reformer is given op-
portunity to realize the Uptopian dream he has so
long pictured to us in f~anclful %colors, but his cour-
age fees, his feet grow cold, and he dares not
deal the death blow to John Barleycorn.
It's the Funniest darned thing we have wit
messed in many a day.-Jackson News.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31
PROFESSION OF SALESMAN,

One Of the most significant of acdv.
tiles Of the passing day is that to make
salesmanship a profession rather than
q calling" The salesman has been
for long years q figure In story and
song. He has been In some degree an
impulse; In larger degree a growth.
The mysteries of the great department
marts have given birth to men Of Of
fairs In the matter of selling. says
Pittsburgh Dispatch. The travelling
salesman. with a personality which APP
peais and i%nsinuates. revoIutionizing
at enormous expense older methods.
With all this craftsmanship has never
been reduced to the condition OF an
exact science. The Carnegie Technical
institute some time ago took this vital
question In hand. and Professor Ham,
m%erschlag. as reported specially for
the Dispatch. at the national conven.
ton Of Life Underwriters. assembling
ut st. Louis recently. emphasized this
Importance of the fine art Of salesman.
ship. not as a trade to be "picked up,"
but as a profession to be acquired only
by study as faithful as the man or
woman Of letters would give to lingu.
istic attachments or rhetoric. The
American is a doer Of things practical.
Poets and novelists rhyme and scheme
1t their own risk. The real American
ID a man who buys and sells with
urgent gertrude. Britons were one
day sneered at as a nation of shop.
keepers"
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

As a result Of the absence Of many
Of the white men Of that country In
the trenches Of Europe. elephants are
%reappearlng In great numbers In Rho
desia, South Africa. Those familiar
with conditions there are sure that
II the war continues a few years long.
er there will be plenty Of big game
all ove Africa, and elephant hunt.
ing will again become the vogue.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

After being blamed on cats, dogs,
rats and fleas, now a medical theorist
declares that the spread Of infxntile
paralysis was due to Official, neglect.
Now a discriminating and lons-sufter-
ing public ran take Its choice.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31
E ON KEEPlN' on"

If the day looks kinder gloomy,
And your chances kinder slim,
II the situations puzsiin,
An the prospects awful grim;
An perplexitisa keep 4pressin' Z.
Till all hope ID nearly gone
Just bristle up and grit your teeth
An keep on kespin' on"
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

Reports from somewhere are that thirty Ger
man submarines will attempt a real blockade of
Great Britain on the frst'o of the month. All who
believe this pass US a quarter.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

An American Society of Othoepy is being agi-
tated in order to secure uniform pronunciation of
the English language. The end is well deserv-
ing but we hardly think it necessary to adopt
such harsh methods.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

Carranza says he will safeguard the territory
from which our soldiers retreat. We snall SET.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

Washington is expecting much foreign COM
ment on the presidents speech to the Senate and
is looking for most Of it to be unfavorable. 1t is
quite likely.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

The recent Russian loan of twenty-five million
dollars missed fire. The syndicate has dissolved
with five million dollars worth Of the bonds un-
sold.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

The biggest ship in our navy is the Mississippi,
launched Thursday with a tonnage of $4,000. Her
main battery has thirty-four guns.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

We are told that an electric bulb is brightest
just before it burns out. And so, we might add,
IS the nose Of a boozer.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

Colorado has been shipping $4,000 100000
worth OF potatoes east. Gosh! Must have been
at least a car load.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

If you feel that you simply must elope, grille,
first write out a thriller and get yourself on the
front page. He'll be looking for it.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

Readers are invited to write short cards to
The Commonwealth on every day subjects. Don't
make them too long, however, as our space is lin
tied.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

This country of ours is big enough for all
sorts OF freaks to live in it but you don't have to
make a fool of yourself, if you don't want to.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

We see where an eminent doctor is dead. This
shows the danger OF beng all eminent doctor.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

We hear rumblings of a coming food shortage
in this country. But that's stale news to the
stomach.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

We saw the wife of a man who makes ten a
week the other day with a ten dollar pair Of shoes
on. Talk about the h. c. Of l..
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

Sir Oliver Lodge says he can talk to the dead.
If he had said he could wake them up we would
ask him to try his experiment in this town.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

Anybody who wishes may now b.
Gin worrying about next summers
baseball.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

A London munition factory recently blew up,
killing over nifty persons. This is one place more
dangerous than an editorial sanctum.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

Why not a league to enforce peace? We have
every other kind OF league OF which the human
mlna can concelve-on paper.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

whats in a name" inquiries a reader. A
divorce, II the evidence is sufficient.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

Gypsy Smith, Jr, is trying to save Washing
ton before Billy Sunday gets around to it.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

Some Senators even think they, not the Presi-
dent, should do the advising.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

To listen to some overwise guys, peace might
be supposed to be an ancient myth.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

"Godsave" is the name of a student at a Chi
cago biblical institute. And we hope He will.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

We are again emitting our customary gibe
at Carranza. isn't worth 1t.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

Wilson doesn't appear to be afraid he'll wear
out his welcome az the Capital.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

But, spoSe we weren't asked to join the con-
cert OF worid-powers?
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

Sometime some Congress may make q tremen.
dcus popular hit by failing to create new offices.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

If Dame Fashion wished to play to the pock-
cts, she would prescribe wooden shoes.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

Meanwhile Denmark has its hand out for
325, OOO, OOO-the price Of, those islands.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

George Washington Perkins does not have t.
hire a press agent 70 get Tree advertising.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

On, well, after all IT'S very human to want
to gag the oCner Aeuow aller YOU We lau your say.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

That man Villa must be either humorist Or
9 wag. He calls US the "barbarians Of the north
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

Those working to get money from Congress
never strike.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

With so many meetings to discuss farming
here and there we ought TO lind a good farmer.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

Lawyer Whipple is having his turn under the
big spotlight.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

Must be heavenly to live in a lieless com.
munity.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

Europe is at odds with herself.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

Though by nature an objector, Carrsnza new.
er objects to being helped by Uncle Sam.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-31

Base ball ~naagnates might be uneasier If the
3sns were threatened to strike in the spring.