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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-12-15
The Meaning Of the
Christmas Lights

S>IlE caadles OF the Chrlstmas tree
1 have brighter meaning than
~ mere gayety. Primarily they sig.
nify the Light that came into the
world. THAT vas the true Light that
lighteth every man that cometh into
the world, wrote st John In the Arst
chapter Of bis Gospel, says the New
York Evening sun,
To-day the small popular hayberfy
candle Is very likely dedueed from ssss
Christmas candles that were burned
In England from dawn till evening to
safeguard fFom all evil the house dur
Ing the year 10 come, and these can.
dies, again, were lineal descendants
Of the great Yule candle placed to
light the monster feast provided for
the unusual appetites some people fan
cied than, as nov, due on the 18th of
December.
Not often possible In city hofnes of
the present day are Yule logs, bat
sometimes Ia the country this custom
II Scandinavian source IL still carried
cut, though probably no Que dreams II
to be "a relic If the boufires kindled for
Thor la Yuie rites.
II IL doubtful II partakeFs of Christ
mas buildings are conscious that the
puddings are symbolic Of the rich gifts
If the Mag. TO the Christ child while
rmblens 81 the manager are mince pies,
for these were first made Ia the form
of nethlehem's cradle.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-12-15

We can omit young pork from our
biil-of fare, and let these animals make
their normal increase In weight We
can be more spafing Ia our use Of
butter. and thus save milk supplies.
both for our children, Who must have
If. and Tor the factories that will cen.
dense IL and render II available for our
own soldiers abroad and for our allies
Walter e. O'Kane. New Hampshire
College of Agriculture.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-12-15

one cannot help wondering what the
real situation is tn Russia II does not
seem possible that 3 people, who rose
m power and PAT down Russian al
iocraey because Of It's control by Prus,
sian influences can In SO short time
be- willing to accept government and
policies openly pro.uerman. There
Must be a large. though presently
silent and impoteut majority, who re-
main as they we're yesterday and viii
not always accept German fictafion
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-12-15

A sarcastic sereed Ia going the rounds
purpoFtIng TO be a letter from Satan
to His Gefmanle Majesty the Kaiser.
offering the latter the throne Of he'll
Lucifer il only making a virtue Of
necessity, knowing the Kaiser will take
the throne as soon as he arrives there,
because Of his hollish conceptions aud
aehleKementa. outstanding Satan.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-12-15

Notwithstanding the Chautauqua at
Clinton wag not a financial success.
fifty guaranlors Immediately signed for
next year. showing that the edueatIye
results Of the Chautauqua we're duly
appreciated
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-12-15

The Navy still wants many men,
apprentice seamen, age Is
50. and frcmeu. age 2i.3s After De.
eember 10, 10 Join the Navy regis.
trant will have 10 get new card from
his local board
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-12-15

Surely there II some wisdom left in
Russia to perceive that only danger
can come from alliance with Germany
We expect TO hear OF such uprising
Present conditions cannot BE- accept.
able
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-12-15

fhs luncheon served At the Rtctofy
under the charming detection of AIRS.
A "A skardon. vas meat delightful in
every respect The tables were beauti.
ful and menu consisting Of oyster
gumho. cold turkey. chicken and potato
salads and sweets Of oh kinds Several
Young ladies' assisted IN serving, name,
IN Misses Florence Goisan. Amelia and
Eleanor Barrow, Elisabeth Douglas and
Cnrinne Bourgeois Grace vas said hy
thp rector
The ladies' present for the Auxiliary
meeting were Miss Aileen Clark, Gus.
tadiau Of united offering boxes, and
Mrs VIM Lamb. educational secretary.
both of New Orleans. Mrs G Collins
Of slaughter Mrs rhos oyeEton Of
4 Alexandria entertained a Judge Law.
rasonsl. Nrs Roger Bourgeois, and
Mrs Vim rarruth of. New Roads, Who
We're entertained at Mrs Leopolds
Mr. Celeste Carrulh Of New Roads
LAT Br harrow Mrs holland Of Baton
Roakr. At Mrs " II Richardson's,
and Miss CorInne Bourgeois. Of New
Roads. al MfB q Temples The
Second day tho following ladies' came
for the day Mrs Camilla Phillips,
Miss carol Phillips. from Lakeland
Nrs Ferd Claiborne. Mrs Jake Nor.
risen Mrs Elguos. from New Roads
Mrs q Harrow. Mrs Mamie Percy
Barrow Nrs J + l.eSassior. from
81 Mafls Weyauok
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-05
FLlvVERS FURNISHED
BOOZE TO SOLDIERS

New York, Dec. Five of those
cute little automobiles which every.
body says scDrnfully they wouldn't
have as a gift, but which they al
ways buy sooner or later, figured in
an entirely new role recently-that
of jitney bars for thirsty soldiers.
Government agents who for some
time have had an eye on five jits
that have been doing thriving bus
mess taking soldiers to and from Ft.
Totten halted the five little ma
chimes yesterday when they went
Careening along the road in White
stone and Flushing. And in each of
The cars the officers found complete
stock of liquor, with every facility
for mixing drinks but the bartend-
er's white apron and his gloomy look
and gloomier conversation.
After the government men had as
certained beyond doubt that it reallv
Was liquor they arrested five men
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-05
Govt Operation of Railroads, If
Unificati0n Roads Not Permitted,
Recommended Today By
Interstate Commerce Com,
(By Associated Press. ,

ment operation of railroads for the
duration Of the war, if unification OF
ted by Congress, was recommended
today by the Interstate Commerce
Commission An increase in rates of
the government loan, of money, sus-
pension of the antitrust, antipool
ing laws so far as railroads are con,
cerned for the duration of the war,
was recommended by the Commission
as alternatives.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-05
Further Draft
Regulations
Made Public
(By Associated Press. }

Washington. Dec. 5.-Draft regis
trants whose classification and order
of numbers are so low that they do
Ii Il fall within the current quotas %
then local boards, may at their own
request be Immediately inductet into
lEl.itary service, it was announced,
IBoL filing with the local board a
waiver of all claims of deferred clas-
s;hcation, and man in the deferred
class may be examined and sent to
camp Immediately, although not as
part of his boards quota. as this
W ould violate the provisions Of the
seiective service law, which prohibits
substitution.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-05
fBy Associated Press. J

London, Dec. , 5.-The first Board
OF agriculture estimate of the harv-
est in England and Wales is: Wheat
quarters (of s.25 bushelsl, 7.1e4.649,
increase, 100000; barley, 5.53a. .514,
increase, 10000; oats, 1886, ,765
increase 100000; hay, tons, 1850
coo, decrease 100000.
The estimated yield per acre, ol
wheat is 30. SO bushels, IA more
than in 1916; barley 1-2 brshel.
lower; oats l IL bushels lower;
beans smaller crop than last year
and peas slightly larger.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-05
(By Associated Press. J

faris, Dec. 3-The 152nd lint reg
iment, itself the first to receive tho
"iourragere" both in the colors of
the War-Cross and the Military Med
al. has just conferred a military med
al "fourragere" upon Cardinal Lu,
con, Archbishop of Rheims. in recol.
tion of his bravery in never quittin 2
his post in his much bombed city
In order to make the Cardinal
Archbishop eligible for this distinc
tion, the regiment first appointed
him honorary chaplin to tn, regi-
ment apd later when the prelatc was
dining with the regiments mess the
colonel presented the insignia say
ing. Soldiers on campaign have
nothing to offer: we should like.
however. to give you a souvenir OF
your visit to the 'fifteen-two' so of
fer what we value most-the four
ragere' of the regimtht''
The fourragere, which the Cardi.
nal will henceforth wear on cere-
monious occasions is a plated cord
worn round the shoulder like the al.
uillettes worn by American naval Of,
icers in full dress. The first fourra.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-05
SAWMILL MAN KILLED AT VENUS
Belated Report Of Death of E. c.
Poole, of Venus, Killed by Flying
Slab on Thanksgiving Day

Arcadia, Dec. BE. G. Poole, 4
sawmill man of Venus, was almost
instantly killed by slab flying from
under the saw, on Thursday.
He was short of help that day and
was running the carriage and help,
ing remove the slabs himself. slab
that had not been removed was
standing by the saw and an assist
ant reached for it 1t fell in front of
the saw and large piece of Il was
thrown off the saw and struck Mr.
Poole in the chest.
He was knocked senseless and nev
er regained consciousness. He died in
a few hours
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-05
KARvEYS ARE HELD FOR
CIRCUIT COURT IN LAKE CO.

Howey, Dec. 5.-Pete and s. H !.
Harvey, brothers, of Lady Lake,
were arraigned before Judge E. M.
Tally in County Court last Monday
and held under bond of $2,500 each
to await the action of the grand jury
They were charged with assault with
intent to murder Milton j. Sigh OH
the night Of Oct. II. Pete Harvey
was accused as principal and A. G.
Harvey as accessory.
Sigh. the prosecutor, was present
with his arm bound in a sling, hav-
ing been shot, he alleges, by Pete
Harvey. An X-ray picture of the
wound was submitted in evidence
showing that the bone in the arm
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-05

Arcadia, Dec. "A large number
Of The citizens of Arcadia met at tho
Opera House Saturday night to hear
The report of the local aviation COM
mIttee as to progress of the work.
The report was made by Gel. j..
W. Burton, who stated that III the
been fully met, the Public Utilities
Company having agreed to furnish
the power for the aviation plant, the
Scott Telephone Company havin-
agreed to furnish telephone commun-
ication to the camp site and the A.
c. H.. Railroad Company having
agreed to build the railroad connect
ing Arcadia with the camp site the
citizens of Arcadia the right Of way
and securing the rails for construc-
ton.
The body was in an enthusiastic
frame of mind and the work was be-
qua raising the cash with which to
hegin work Monday morning, the re-
sponse from ell being liberal enough
to insure its success from the begin
ming.
A telegraphic communication was
received from Ed Scott who was in
Wilmington, N c.. looking after the
contract with the A. c. l.. railroad
officials for the construction of the
spur from Arcadia, which telegram
stated that already the government
had one hundred cars of materials.
supplies, etc, on the way to Area.
dia.
Scores of men from various sec
tions of the country arrived IN the
city last week in order to get set
tlet down when construction work
Legins, and by the middle OF this
week 1t is expected that work will
be Under full headway.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-05
BIBLE SAVED HIM
FROM ARREST AS SPY

Denver, Col, Dec 4.-Charles L.
Mason, former superintendent Of the
Sunday School classes at South
Broadway Christian Church, narrow
ly escaped arrest in connection with
a spy" plot because censors of ca
BILE dispatches to and from the Unit
ed States are not we'll versed on the
Bible
Marvin E. Gantz, who succeeded
Mason as superintendent of the Sun
day school, tells of the embarrassing
predicament his predecessor found
himself in when government censors
in Alaska failed to understand the
import of a congratulatory message
containing a Bible excerpt.
Mason is now employed in Alaska
and recently attempted to send a
message of greeting and good cheer
to the Sunday School class during it's
annual harvest festival in this city.
In an effort to save tolls and prevent
congestion on the already heavily
hurdened cable. Mason conceived the
idea of abbreviating a Bible text
At Seward. Alaska, Mason filed this
message to Bantz, in Denver:
Congratulations. Collassians, 2-5"
Whats the code?" asked an Off
Ger in charge at the cable station.
ITS a Biblical excerpt" confided
Mason
Maybe" retorted the officer sar-
castically and ordered Mason de-
tanned as a suspicious person until
the code" message could be investi-
gated
After several days search a mis-
sionary with a Bible was found and
apologies from the government Of
ficers were profuse when the code"
message was translated thus:
Congratulations. For though
he absent in the flesh, yet | am with
you in the spirit, joying and behold
ing your order and the steadfastness
of your faith in Christ"
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-05
TRAINMEN TO DEMAND
Z FORTY PER CENT RAISE
New Wage Demand in Schedule Form
Signed by Beads of B. R. 7.
and O. R. C.

Cleveland, Ohio. Dec. 5.-Practi.
caiiy every railroad in the United
States has been presented with a re-
quest from the Brotherhood of Rail
Railway Conductors for increased
wages approximately 40 per cent.
The general chairman of both labor
examinations were to present the
wa2e schedule to the general man.
ayers of the roads throughout the
country today
The new wage schedule is s;gnen
by w. G. Lee. president of the Broth
erhood of Railway Trainmen, and A.
p. Garretson, president of the Order
OF Railway Conductors A reques.
that an answer to the proposal be
made in writing to the general chair
man Of the labor organizations on o.
before Dec. 81. 1917, accompanies
the schedule
Article A of the schedule refers to
passenger service as follows:
Rates to be paid employees on
steam trains. or upon trains pro-
p"lled by other motive power on
runs of l55 miles or less per day.
Conductors. not less than 3.5 cents
per mile, s5.i3 per day or s1e2.9O
per month.
Ticket collectors. not less than
cents per mile, s465 per day. or
Sf29.50 per month.
.faggage electricians not less
than 2.5 cents per mile. sS.SS per
day. or $3.50 per month.
"Flagmen and brakemen, not less
than 2.33 per mile, SO 81 per day.
or s10S.3O per month"
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-05
AISE MILLIONS FOR
JEWISH WAR RELIEF

j York, Dec. o.-The jewish
Belief Committee, of which ia
! Schiff is general chairman, to-
>gan a drive to raise S., 700, ,00U
} relief of Jewish war sufferers.
} sum, However, 100000
be devoted to welfare WORK
Jewish boys in Uncle Sam 5
Rnd navy.
1y prominent men are lending
Did to the campaign, of which
Ia. Brown, of Detroit, is direct
eral. Henry Morgenthau. for
AMBASSADOR to Turkey; FeliS
&rg, Louis Marshal and Ambas-
Elkus are among those Civ
III time and money to the cam
~E
great drive was really begun
light, when Mr.. Schiff enter
all of the working members
Organization at dinner at the
Astor. Many great commercial
kations have promised their
[mong them the United Ciga
j company, which will give >
1t of all of today's sales in al
of the United States to the
oec. 16 the campaign will end
Dwish War Relief Committee
5ignated the days of the cam
Extending from today to Dec.
ulius Rosenwald days, in hon
nlius Rosenwald. the Chicago
mt and member of the Nation
hcil of Defense, who has con-
about s1,oOO,OOO to the
war relief.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-05
(By Associated Press. }

(By Associated Press.)
Dec. 5.-Congress to-
look up the work of declaring
bn Austria Hungary with the ex..
jtion of having formal war
htion passed Friday. The Senate
! in session but the foreign re-
Is committee which will handle
|esolution was in conference. In
House the war resolution was
hit out by Chairman Flood OF
Dreign affairs committee. Senti-
for including Turkey and Bu,-
in the list as recognized enc
persisted, and it is promise !
will be some attempt to amend
esolution.
Resolution for war against Aus
vas introduced today in the
by Chairman Flood of tho for
affairs committee, in form and
age approved by the President.
Divides in the declaration that
be of Austria Hungary's war
cts against the United States In
1T of her ally Germany, that a
pf war exists at and after noon
1t also pledges it's full re
Is to bring the war to a success
Inclusion.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-05
ECLARAT|0N Of war ON
AUSTRIA-HUNCARY TO Be
POSTPONED UNTIL NEXT WEEK.
| IS THE OUTLOOK NOW
SCHOOL CHILDREN OBSERVE
WAR STAMP SALL

Boston, Dec. 5.-School children
il all parts of Massachusetts, will to
Gay become active in Uncle Sans
wal savings certificate and thrift
stamps campaign. While the actual
sale of stamps is in the hands of the
National War Savings COMMITTEES
and Robert Herrick, who has been
named state director, the school
children are relied upon to dispose o.
large portion of the States allot-
raent Of $4,000. 900. The State Com
missioner Of Education suggested
that the public school pupils be
called in to aid the sales campaign.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-05
zoo ANIMALS OBSERVE
HOOVER FOOD RULES

Chicago, Dec. 5-The eagle may
think he Is the most patriotic form
OF animal life, but he has nothine
on the bears and birds and things at
Lincoln Park
The bears at Lincoln Park observe
1aeatless day. in fact eatless day, ev
ely Sunday and their Monday morn
lrg crouch is most pronounced Ev-
cry day is wheatless day with the
bruins. They get nothing but rye
leaves which have been damaged in
the making.
And the governments making
rules about the feeding of seeds to
birds, said Cy DeVry, keeper of the
animals. There isn't a bit of waste
in our feeding system NOWADAYS AMI
II We cut down the rations any more
the animals are going to begin to get
thin and temperamental as RussiaG
dancers"
When do the bears hibernate?"
I'eNry was asked
DeVry replied sadly and patiently
as though the question and answer
were old stuff to him: Bears in can.
tivIty never hibernate.
i!espite the ourtailment of their
raiions and the fact that all good
bears should be tucked away in a
hollow tree sucking their paws al
this season OF the year. the Lincoln
fark bruins gallop around their
cages like colts in spring time ami
"hen the bread cart comes along
ana gives them four loaves OF rye
bread each they hold a bear Jubilee.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-05

Liverpool. Dec. 4.-Lord Lever
hu'me recently suggested that two
hours of each day every person be-
tween a and 80 years of age should
he conscripted for the benefit of the
whole nation Those between II and
IS should receive an education of a
high school character with phvsica.
training; those between is and 25
education of a university character,
also with physical training; and
these between "a and 80 a trainine :
in national service and defense. the
duties of citizenship and a general
study of how to govern themselves.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-05

lad been shattered above the elbow.
Slish said that on the night OF Oct.
II he went out to feed his hogs, and
heard a noise near the lot fence
Presuming 1t was a COW he had
failed to put up for the night he
went over in that direction and
turned on large electric flash light
that he carried in his hand He said
Immediately shot was fired, but not
before he had recognized the Harvey
Srothers.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-05
AMERICAN OFFICERS
DEALING WITH THE
B0LShEv|K|
ACTED WITHOUT
AUTHORITY
tBy Associated Press. }

Washington, Dec. st was Of
,fcjally declared today at the State
Department that both Lieut.. Colonel
,Judson, head of the American mill
tary mission in Russia, and Major M.
{. Kerth. temporary military attache
Of tho American embassy, acted with
out instructions from this govern
mtnt in the presenting communica-
tions to the Bolsheviki government
on the attitude of the United States
in it's effort to effect separate peace
Al mistice with Germany.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-05
INCREASE IN
Production
Of PORK IS
(By Associated Press.

Washington, Dec. "a fifteen
per cent increase in the production
of pork will be required for domestic
consumption and export to the allies,
the Department of Agriculture today
announced In urging the farmers to
dc their share toward relieving the
shortage An allotment by States
has been made to increase produc-
tiOn.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-05

gere was made of strands of the
same color as the War Cross an
was awarded to all men of any unit
which had been cited twice In the
army orders. When some units had
won five citations a new fourragere
was granted made in the colors o.
the Military Medal. But even this
was found not to be sufficient. AMI
when the famous Foreign Legion
had won six citations, a third four.
woven in red, the color of the Legion
of Honor, was instituted for unit
that exceeded five citations.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-05
MASS
10 DIVISIONS
OF TROOPS ON
italian front
ANOTHER BIG OFFENSIVE THERE
IS EXPECTED VERY SHORTLY
(By Associated Press. }

Italian Headquarters Northern
Italy, Tuesday, Dec. 4.-(Delayed)-
Great forces of men and guns have
been massed by the Austrians and
Germans in the Asiago section, ac-
cording to reports reaching here to-
right and a resumption of the cffen-
sive is expected. Reports indicate
the enemy is employing ten divisions
OF troops.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-05
TO INCREASE:
DISCOUNT RATES
70 PROMOTE SOUND
BUSINESS CONDITIONS
(By Associated Press. }

Washington. Dec. 5.-To discour-
age imitation and promote sound bus
mess conditions, the Federal Reserve
HoarG has approved the general in
crease in the discount of rates OF
about one-half per cent for most OF
the Federal Reserve banks.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-05
LAKELAND. FLORIDA WEDNESDAY DEC 1917
3 GERMAN A|RPLANES
BROUGHT down
BY FRENCH
(By Associated Press. }

Paris, Dec\ 5.-Eight German
airp,anes were brought down Mon,
day by French aviators, the war Of
flee announced. Active artillery fight
ing is in progress on the Verdun
front east of the Meuse.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-05
(By Associated Press. }

London, Dec. 5 The British act
ing in conjunction with the efficient
force Of Russians have carried out
successful operations in Mesopo-
tamia under Major General Maurice.
tiops, the war Office announced to-
day
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-05
ARM|S1|CE IS
EXTENDING TO
RUhAN|AN
TROOPS
(By Associated Press. }

iterlin, Dec. Negotiation be
tween the Germans and Russians for
Rumanian troops, the war office an
nOunces
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-05
(By Associated Press.

London, Dec. 5.-In addition to
the customary artillery activity on
both sides of the battle front. here
is nothing to report, says today's war
otli-e announcement.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-05

wendler has purchased a 6O
fact northwest of Orlando
he will establish a livestock
nltry farm on a large scale
endler is widely known as a
i livestock and fancy poultry
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-05

The Florida Realtors Association
held two-days convention at st. Au-
gustine Thursday and Friday of last
week.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-05

Fourteen counties have already con-
tracted for space at the State Fair to
be held In Jacksonville, February 26tn
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-05
(rlier Today
Declaration
Was Expected
| By Friday
bLUTION WAS INTRODUCED
ns MORNING, BUT CHAIR
I'm HOUSE AND SENATE COM
kTTEES CONFERRED AND POST
)NEMENT IS PROBABLE
(By associated Press. }
(UME VII

(By associated Press.J
of the Austrian war
ration by Congress until next
appeared probable today after
Srences between the chairman of
House and Senate committees.