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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-09
WHY KNOCK TO STRANGERS?
(Stuart Messenger)

Under this heading The Messenger
| is the recipient of communication,
which is reproduced below. While
the language used is pretty strong,
there is no doubt but there is a vast
amount of truth in what the commun-
| icant says. There are without doubt
some of the sort of people told about
in this letter in the town of Stuart,
an, indeed, in many other small towns.
They are noticed more in a small
town than in large city, in fact. in
the larger place there is not much at
tention paid to people of this class.
The boosters are always in the ma
jority and in the larger places the
knocker is negligible quantity. But
in the smaller towns, like Stuart, they
meet the trains, interview the new
corners, and almost invariably, II they
consider themselves smart, use almost
the identical language the writer tells
about. 1t is too bad that such people
exist, but were it not for them there
would not be much work for the gen.
uine booster. Looks as IL they were
sort Of necessary evil The COM
munication is given below:
Recently a gentleman of some i'm
portance, standing on the streets talk
ing to stranger. began to tell him
about the impossibility of ever max
ing town here that would look like
anything The man said, I think It
is a pretty town The knocker said,
oh. it is these little old narrow
streets and these little triangles; the
whole thing is a mess. The pros
pective citizen said That is what
like. dislike straight lines and
square corners. like the layout par
ticularly.' Mr.. Knocker said, III we
only had wide streets like 1t
would do better. hut we never could
get them now. His visitor said,
They are wider than many of the
streets in Atlanta and in New Or.
leans. What do want with such wide
streets to grow up in grass and
weeds?' AS Thorndyke would say
neutrality-suspicious. about that@ l have
heard these objections brought up to
strangers often, as il they feared the
stranger would not discover the de.
fects and want to buy property and
live here. Or, perhaps, they think if
they say it first the stranger will
think he has met a gentleman from
some metropolitan town who has been
accustomed to better things. So our
knocking friends says with a sort of
lpatronizing air, 4 can not get used
to the way these people live.' When
/ hear man who always has his
hammer and whose only brilliancy or
lattractiveness consists in the contin.
uous criticisms and knocks that es-
cape his lips, I say no wonder vul-
lures never sing. since their whole
thought and time is employed in hunt
ing something dead"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-09

BILE for my kidney trouble. l have
occasional attacks of backache and
often my kidneys become irregular
in action. At such times, 1 take
Doan's Kidney Pills and they never
fail to give me good results
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
MI. Taylor had. Foster ilburn
Co., Props, Buffalo. N. Y.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-09

Life will not be worth living in a
gasolineless world after one has
gotten accustomed to a fiivver.
Therefore we fear we will have to
bow ourselves out about 1873 years
hence. They tell us the gasoline
supply will be exhausted at the end
of that time
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-09

At one time the common people"
generally thought corporation was
a monstrous thing-a kind of cross
between an octopus and a hyena.
But now Billy Sunday has incorpor-
ated, and these people will probably
revise their opinion of these erst-
while monsters.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-09

A corrupt practices bill proposed
in Congress, among other provisions,
would limit personal contributions
to political campaign to $1,000
Whether the measure becomes a law
OF not, we are net in the future go.
ing to contribute more than $4,000
to any political race, anyway. Sc
don't ask us.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-09

Some lies are so crude and absurd
that they serve only to make those
promulgating them ridiculous. An
instance in point is the statement
that motion picture man was re-
fused advertising space by the Ev-
ening Telegram because he was also
doing business with another news
paper. Who could be so simple
minded as to believe such rot as
that? OF course, the moving picture
man can do business with ali the
newspapers in the country, and with
the devil thrown in, and it will
make no difference with us. He can
have all the advertising in this pa
per he desires. just like any one else
cantor the cash.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-09

AUCTION SALE:-If you hsr
household goods, furniture
chandise, or other proper
wish sold quickly we can !,
high dollar" for it at our 4
Sale of furniture, etc, in The
yer Building, next SATURDAY
uary Is, at 300 p. m. List '
H. Harnly, Room IL Bryant
ing. or E., ]. Bowyer in B
Building. Write or call.
now. B. H. Harnly, Auctionee'
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-09

During a recent political cam
paign Editor Russell, OF Palatka, de-
clared that he was endeavoring to be
q Christian and gentleman under
very trying circumstances. The edi-
tor of this paper is doing the same
thing under conditions very few
editors ever had to contend with. In
a newspaper experience of over a
quarter of a. century we have never
kncwn SO much malice. venom and
nendacity injected into a commufl- .
ity as this one has been afflicted
with for the past six months. 1t is
without parallel In the history Of
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-09
THE LAKELAND NEWS,
]. Fred DeBerry can still write
poetry, though married.

The Chamber of Commerce con-
tinues to do splendid work in boost
ing Lakeland and maintaining her
reputation for hospitality and pro-
gressiveness.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-09

5 yds calico q $500, $l75M
" 10 copperass for $500
Y ID pepper, $3.50; / pane,
pins, $500 ............
l paper needles $500; / PACK
envelopes, $500 .........
l pair leading lines, $1,000.
" quire paper $1,000, $500
965 10 salt a 80 cts. s32S.5O !.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-09

II there Is to be a Florida Gen.
tennial Exposition in 1919, let 1t be
on a scale that will reflect credit on
the State. and show the world that
we've been doing something in at
least part Of the hundred years Flor
ida has had civic existence To &C
complish this will require Statewide
effort, and the cordial and active CO.
operation Of every section. Tampa
looks like the logical scene Of such
an exposition, and we hope that an
agreement can be reached whereby
the other principal cities of the
State may work with her in the pro-
motion Of the project. Rivalry be-
tween Florida cities, or sectional
jealousies, should be relegated in or
der that all may unite in harmonious
effort to bring this important under
taking to a successful issue.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-09

We would like to see the Florida
boys back from the border; but we
do not take much stock in the idea
many seem to entertain that they
are martyrs, and objects for general
pity. They are having no picnic, II
is true; but the military experience
they are receiving will be advantag
eous to them in many ways. Many
youth who entered the service as
pretty sorry superfuity on the
body social will come back a man.
fitted to do a mans work. The dis
cipline. the training. the exercise
even the hardships of military life
will be productive Of a physical and
mental development that will have
strong reflex action on the moral
character. Let us not worry over
much about our soldier boys on the
border. They are being made into
splendid men.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-18
WILLARD \ RAClFIsT
TO The NTH POWER
BY H. G. HAMILTON.

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK. May 1S.--Jess Will
lard has not met an opponent in the
ring for more than year.
Willard has spent his time travel
ing around over the country with q
circus, drawing huge salary thru
the power OF his name. showing the
people how he knocked out Jack
johnson and brought back the title
10 the white race.
Tom Jones, the barber, has travel
cd with Big Jess and has spent most
OF his time assuring the newspapers
that Jess would fight whenever the
opponent was found who could stand
in the same ring with Jess without
melting from pure fright at merely
beholding the huge bulk of the
worlds heavyweight championship.
John l.. Sullivan, James j. Cor
bett, Jim Jeffries, and even Jack
Johnson must have ehuckled them
selves almost into hysteria by this
time by the mere consideration of
such Champion champion who
dares not. or refuses to fight.
Willard is wrong when he says
there is no one worthy of a match
with him. Even though he Is back
ed by Tom Jones, Jack Curley and
the rest OF them he is wrong. Not
only is there one man who would be
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-18
FATHER INDUSTRIAL
EDUCATION IN CITY

Judge V. W. Grabbs, father of the
lCoIiege OF Industrial Arts and pro-
noter OF the Grmbbs Vocational Col
lege, established BY the present lesis-
'lature al Arlington, spent a few
hours in Waxahachie this morning,
len route to his home Al Gfeenyilie
from Austin, where he has been dur
ing the greater part OF the regular
and called sessions Of the legisla-
ture.
In his early youth he spent several
years On farm on Grove creek, near
where Palmer is now located, and
was employed at one time as a cow
driver by the late Andy Mccartney.
He often visited Waxahaehie long
before there was a brick building iii
the town.
The legislature honored him by
establishing a Junior Agricultural,
sIeehanicai a.1d Industrial College.
siying IL his name. and an appro-
31iation Of $227, 600 10 start wifi
He has launched campaign
against the board of regents Of the
ollege q InaustriaI Arts VITO, he
.harses. have So thoroughly COM
aere1ailzea tie institution IS high
sntranee requirements. hieh stand
lrtig of scholarship requisite % grad
ration and unreasonable expenses OF
attendance that the girls for whose
iQeciaI benefit ii was established at
bis instance are effaetaally excluded.
lie Insists thai the doors Of the coli.
tege SHALL be open to themor closed
10 those wha 10 not need tire states
oenefaction. AS result OF has fight
Tor that purpose TIE legislature cut
rom the budget several hundred
thousand dollars and he says that ii
they do not get out so thrt the in
stltution can be reosranized on the
proper basis he will appeal TO the
good people Of Texas.
The State Carpenters union held
This week az Austin unanimously
adopted resolutions endorsing his ae-
lion and pledging the cooperation Of
The association.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-18
Hoesl Rogers Arrivals.

". G. Flint, ST Louis, ~ d,
Motter, Dallas, A. r. Nycott. Dallas,
]. L. Brown, Dallas. g. T.. Smith.
Dallas. Mrs S. s. Qualte. City. L.
Is. Kingbough. Dallas. Chas. l..
Hardy. Philadelphia. Al. A. Baltic.
Dallas, G. M.Glesson and wife, Wa
10. Jesse Trinelscn, Dallas. Lee
Wells. Dallas. w. r. Jackon. DIAL
las. G. w. Ruby. Dallas. ]. IL.
Collier. Ennis, 4. II Wood. Milford.
Van johnson. Ferris. ~ ID. 0dom
Ennis. W q. Baird, Dallas, @. N.
Kelley. Dallas, Mr. aud Mrs. Fergu-
son, Hearne Mr.. Ferris, Haarne, r..
Lee Penn, City. n. H. Les and wife,
Bea uTao1t. III A. Nesett. Dallas. Fl.
III. Wall. Dallas. G. E. Mcpherson.
Dallas. A. A. Mccrary. Arlington.
L G. BeaDnerd, Chicago. FL. Con-
eba. Chicago, Joe AI. Brennon. Fort
Worth. Jas. A. Lewis. Temple. E,
Hill. Houston. Ell N Andrews and
wife, Pasadena. California. T. A.
Mccartney. Mexias c. b. ersaer,
Electra. W !. Jenkins, Dailas.
" q. 1onor, Dallas. Il. S. Frady.
Dsilas, " II. B1ia. Dallas, .. n.
Nelson, Dallas, ". O. Hartman.
Carsleana. j. Lee Price v. s. Ph. S.
Frank Williams, Fl. Worth.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-18
THE CAUSE OF GotT,
ERIGHT's DISEASE,
RHEI MATlSM.

(By Valentine NJ. Pierce, NJ. D.
According to the consensus OF
opinion OF most medical men and
chemists, such as Garrod, Minkow-
ski. Hans, yogt and Reach, the
cause OF govt is due TO an aeeumu-
lation OF uric acid in the blood
The same effect happens III rheu-
nlatistn. aud preceding the stage
known as Brisht's disease an aato-
INVESTIGATION process hiss been going
en-. the liver aud kidneys could not
do the work and the individual
suffers the consequences. High Nv
ing. the eating of meat more than
once day. over-eating. frequent
chilling OF the body~all m9y con-
tribute to the poisoning
III such eases The very best treat-
meni is to prevent or remove the
cause Diet and exercise If possl = 6
drink plenty Of water~-a pint OF hot
water with a piece OF lemon squeez-
% into it morning and night. and
lake before meals Il tablet nj Auuric
tdouble s'reng,hl. This Anurie ean
be obtained at almost all drug
stores aud it drives the Uric acid
gf OF the system by stimulating
he kidneys 10 better action. Thus
many eases Of govt, OF rheumatism
n Brights disease may be prevent.
I'D o. cured by taking THIS simple
remedy Ia tlme, aud in The painful
and serious eases OF rheumatism %
scut Il invariably relieves aud oil
Ten cures tbs worst cases
When yoar kidneys feel hk,
humps OF head when som sack hurt.
~ the urine f. eiondy. fun Of seai,
mens, or YOU arr Obliged 10 tcea
relief tpo q three tunes daring tas
alght when gou suffer With ases
headache OF dssIy nervous tpells
seld stomaehe or son nsve rhe 4.
waiisa when ths weather is bad
ask your dtoggist for Anurit. haY,
found in practice THAT Anuric i
more poteat then lithis and ii
nest caaea Il win dissolve tao ul!,
cid az nor srster does sugar.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-18
Ilalias Couple Married..

Mr. George G Dennis and Mrs.
Maude Graul OF Dallas tame TO Wax
aharh.e late Thursday evening am
we're united in marriafe by Rev.
Horace Bishop at 7.i5 at the dis.
trict parsonage on oldham avenue
The happy couple returned to Dallas
Immediately following the ceremony.
Mr. Dennis is engineer at the Dallas
Country club.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-18

acceptable for a match wiIi,NM
champion, but there are aEhMs
two. NH
Willard has contented hiaseH d
turning down the insistence oixsd
Morris BY the assertion that MssIf i
no card. Morris. n suassIFss
,eiared, would MOI draw a bow 4
$4,000"
Absolutely wrong. 4 ehanssn
ship match between Jess WillaH I'D
Carl Morris sor ehampioasat
match between Jess Willard ana d.
most any heavyweight saat could Y
named would draw an enpFass
crowd. The only thing The puas
would ask woRld be to hope taa .
promoters considered their las
enough to stage the affair spne
where outside New York or WisFa.|
sin---where a decision would a1s
disputes before they started.
Fred Fulton would be su0d y
ponent for the champion. II Ms
anything to smoker about. IN
Fulton or Carl Morris either Foas
make the fat and incompetent siaa'
pion step lively TO keep 'ae sa' 7
his crown from being tarlIsasa Y
about time he began to shoV ssp
life. The fight fans want y
can't hold off much lolsel-s'
he'd better grab before Tue s's'''s
gets too hot for him.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-18
LONE ELM.

Farmers are all wearing smile
because of the fine rains which have
been falling lately and the nice
prospects Of good crop
School closed here Friday with a
concert Friday night, which was a
success from the beginning. The
teachers and children did all their
parts well and every one enjoyed il.
We all appreciate the interest which
nor teachers have manifested in the
children and We wish good luck in
their other schools.
Mrs. J.. +. Saith, who has been on
the sick list for two weeks, is not
any better
Ernest Mayfieid and family spent
from Friday TO sunday with Mr.
Owen and Mr. johnson
Willie Weodall and wife were
shopping in Waxahaehie Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Smith, MI. and
Mrs. Jim kilgore and MIR and Mrs.
Oscar Stephenson of Waxahachie
were ont at The concert Friday night
Mr.. and Mrs. Wiley Woodall and
baby and Mrs. George West spent
awhile al Mr.. and Mrs. ". r. Wood
ans 81 Naxahaehie Saturday night
Lester Raiston's children have the
nheoping cough. also Mrs. Clara
Readings children.
Among those who have called 20
see Mrs. Smith were Mr.. and Mrs.
Mayfleld. AIr. and Mrs. Buck. Miss
Maye Royals. Mesdames Mary
Owen and mother. Mrs. Johnson.
Bertha Hopgood, Della Hopgood,
Jennie Paul. Mez Alexander. Frances
Gross. Hattie Curry
Mr.. and Mrs, G. G. jenkins and
family are spending this week with
Wiley Woodall and family.
Clyde woodall spent SATURDAY
might with Carl Yves.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Ralston acre
recent guests 81 Mr.. aud Mrs. East
man OF Sardis.
Messrs. Wiley WoodalI, Carl West
5odia F'leeman. George Wezf. Til
man shaw. Jehns Desk, have been
TO Lake worth fishing recently
Miss Elsa Headley and ssstes yis-
tied Miss Thelma Smith sunday eve.
ming.
Misses Opal and Ruby Curry and
Madedot Gross spent one esenint
last week With Airs Theims smith
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-18
AMERICA II PREPARING
FOR THE sTRI GGLE


WASHINGTON, May 18.--It isn't
necessary TO be militant. dress in
khaki. OF march TO ga office to give
war aid 10 the country. according to
q message to women issued by the
secretary OF agriculture today.
Make economy fashionable lest
ii become obligatory is the note he
sounds. Demonstrate thrift in
your homes and make saving rather
than spending your soeial standard. =
COLT MBrS. O.. May 49, Build
iag OF q governors mansion mere has
been postponed fer a year al least 10
leaye all state fuads aud energies
available gcr war use.
SAN FRANCISCO May IL The
hobo aa becoming a STATIONARY eaar-
acter, OF a pedestrian. 81 least,
Western RAILROADS report that mill
,iamen wno challenge ell suspicious
characters al every bridge. railroad
yard and tunnell have made riding
the rods or travelling blind bag
gage almost impossible
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-18
DRAFT ARMY
BILL PASSES
CONFERENCE REPORT HAS REEN
FINALLY ADOPTED ny ROTH
SENATE AND HOUSE.
RAISE half MILLION men
The Machinery For Rai.in. the
First Army Is Vow Set In
Mntion--Eirst Call Looked
For About September 1

4
| WASHINGTON. May Is Fra
faction was taken by congress sesser
lay on the war army BILL. ths
lseeond OF the major measures Of tn.
lwar.
The senate BY vote Of 80 10 s
adopted the conference rspsrt &C
Ecepted Wednesday BY the house
As finally approved, the bill. pro
tides for raising BY selectiye CIT
seription war army In increment
Of 500 900 men from q to 80 years
lof age. 1t also authorizes. withoAt
directing. the president TO raise
volunteer forces which Col Reese
reIt desires to take to France. and
greatly increases the pay of all en-
listed men
Machinery to register and draft
the first 5o0,aa0 men already has
been set up by the war department.
Immediately after the president signs
tine bill he will by proclamation.
designate the day for registration OF
the ten million or more men of the
prescribed ages. Registration books
are In the hands of state and local
authorities. who are 10 cooperate in
the work Brigadier General Crow
Ger. the provost martial general,
expects to have bis complete lists III
Washington within five days after
registering begins.
Then viii come the task Of
selecting the first half million. ex-
enapting HE physically unfit. those
With dependents and men who are
needed on The farms and industries
The process Of selection probably
viii be completed long before the
men are wanted Secretary Baker
said yesterday that because of lack
of supplies the new army would not
be called TO the eolors before Sep
TENDER.
Whether Colonel Roosevelt shall
be permitted to raise an expedition
now rests with President Wilson
His views have not been disclosed
but IT is believed that he probably
will postpone decision while the draft
system is being put into operation
In response to a suggestion by
Senator Jones Of Washington that
the new selectiye draft army help
harvest crops, Secretary Baker dis
closed that il is not expected to call
out the first 500.e00 men before
/ because OF "the depict
ed state OF our supplies and that
there would, therefore, be no ZAP
preciahle interference with the labor
supply OF the country until that
date.
1t viii require between thirty
and sixty days after President viii
son signs the army bill TO bring the
National Guard into the federal army
under the draft provisions OF the
national defense act. This can be
stated authoritatively. although the
war department is Withholding an
nouncement as to details OF the pro-
cess TO be followed with the state
troops until the bin has been signed
National Guard troops now in the
federal service retain their status as
militiamen and it win require the
exercise by the president through
proclamation or other executive order
TO draft the force as body into the
federal army when It's militia status
ceases.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-18
BOSTON. May ls.-Frou ~

BOSTON, May 1s.--Froul ~ :, !
500 leaders OF the Scottish h'A !,
sonry are gathering here 'oaa' Y.
all over the United states y y =,
brate the Jubilee year w..
marks the semi-centennIal a'l Y,
sary of the union Of TIE sar',
Councils Scottish Rite h's0's
New York and Boston Il.
At 4 O'Clock this Afternoon !, :,
Massachusetts = consistory viii .., ~
the twentieth degree In the ~ 4,
Rite and al s o'clock the 'ss'''
will be exemplified. -
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-18

Daily News at New York from Petro~
grad have stated that Prime Minis
ter I4voff and Minister of Justice
Kerensky, addressing crowds on May
Day, pledged the Russian provisional
government to work fer the estab-
lishment of Jewish state in .Pales-
tine. -
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-18

The special session OF the legisla-
ture adjourned last night. and we
suppose the brass bands and the citi-
xens in the towns and cities all turn
ed out to meet their representatives
when they returned home.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-18

The governor can now sharpen his
hane pencfl ana 80 70 work on tie
nineteen million dollar appropria-
hon bill passed 81 the session Of
the legislature Just ended.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-18

The army bill has been finally
passed and now goes 70 the presi-
dent. He viii doubtless approve 1t,
but that does not make it certain
that Teddy will be sent to France
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-18

Wise county has town named
Paradise and Fannin has one
named GLORY" but people up that
way do not seem to be getting along
any better than the balance Of us.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-18

-Four hundred an, twenty thou
~ ID men from TeAss will be en-
rolled sndcr tho new seieetise draft
LAW. ii, all of them are called 10 the
eoiors there will still be enough
~ Us len IL home 10 tesd the pigs
sud rAlkgeas
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-18

When anything good 70 eat gets
SO high that a fellow cant reach IL,
what difference does II make 10 him
II il continues to climb skyuaray
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-18

We noue The Preshyterians now
holding their great meeting IN psi-
las wau leave there the impression
that il ID possible for even Dallas
man 70 be saved.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-18

The expert with a hoe-handie al
ways comes out ahead OF the fellow
who is an expert with the billiard
cue.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-18

Where will the waist line be this
season. asks an exchange. Some
where about the neck We suppose.