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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-25
THU ,p.ss eo.triSutsd for tho Winning # the War by
Wilson Hardware Co.

try, and to stick feathers In our hats
and 20 strutting around because we
granted it. It's patriotic, all right
It helps the country-no only now,
but later; not only for the war, but
for the trial of national fiber that
comes after the war--but 1t helps US
even more.
"And it is so easy, so much more
helpful to ourselves than to the coun-
try, so small thing to do compared
with what our boys in arms are do.
ing that it really is a joke to pin
roses on ourselves for doing it,
I'VE ought to do 1t. We must do
it. But instead of expecting Uncle
Sam to decorate us for heroism we
ought to get on our knees and thank
him for the opportunity of getting a
little sound sense pounded into us
at last. And that goes as to the
average individual, and as to the Ma
ton and people as whole"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-25
DON'T EXPECT THE
CHILDREN TO DO IT ALL

Owing no doubt to the good work
of those hustling, keen young boys
and girls who have so generously CIV
en- of their time and their pennies TO
the thrift campaign, the impression
has been created in the minds OF
many that War Savings Stamps are
for children only.
The Congress authorized an issue
of $4,000. 10000 W. S. S. to be sold
in 1918. The purpose of the Stamps
was twofold: % To get money FOR
tho Government for war needs; (2)
to instil the habit of thrift in the Am
erican people and by the practice OF
thrift save labor and materials TOT
the Government.
! Can we expect the children, splen-
did workers that they are, to account
for $4,000, 900 900 of Samps?
Do we consider that the children
alone OF all our population need TO
he inculated with the thrift idea?
Are they the only spendthrifts?
Certainly not.
War Saving Stamps are for every
one. No one, be he a millionaire or
he he the humblest laborer, can say
truthfullv that he is not interested IN
w s. S. and the saving program that
they stand for.
There are, indeed few men and
women in the land unable to save
and economic more than they &c
now II they want to be listed
among the patriotic people OF the
land they must save and economic
more than they do now. The win
ming of the war with the least pos
sible sacrifice demands this foI
there are not enough labor and ma
,ar;aIs for the Governments wa
moods and for the use of the spend
thrifts.
Cut those useless expenditures AL
If us have them. Remember tina
our bovs in the Army and Navy d
not expect luxuries and do not grun
b,o even fthey do not get all tn
comforts that they are supposed t
get.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-25

the retreats in the great drive over
there than here.
In commenting on various condi-
tions, he speaks as follows on the
work done for wounded soldiers
diers
"The men in English cities, Of
whom | saw hundreds, without legs
or arms, or with reconstructed faces,
and those in hospitals In process OF
being mended, all had the same words,
If only | could go back again. And
this brings me to another wonderful!
thing; and that is the way the hospi-
tails are performing miracles. When
finally, sometimes after months and
months OF treatment, the reconstruct
ing process is finished, the men are
taught trades and placed in positions
so that they are not left stranded
upon the whims of charity, but are en-
abled to take up their lives again
with a large degree of happiness
Straps operate as muscles on arti.
fetal legs and arms; and I have seer
such men swing a hammer, play golf
knit, or work at lathes. Il Is almost
incredible what is being done. Hat
off to the doctors, | say"
The United States government will
apply the same methods of recon
struction to those Of our boys tina;
are disabled or crippled.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-25
The Part That Civilians
Play In The War

separated by 5000 miles of ocean
and protected by our Navy, our civil
ian population can during this war
continue to live in the same security
as in peace times. The Hun invad-
ors are not in our midst. We are
shared the agony that came to the
ronen and children and old men of
Belgium and France and Serbia and
tbp other over-run countries. While
thus secure from harm we must not
forget that the civilian populations
If these desolated countries are as
much our allies as are their fighting
men. Let us realize more deeply
their tragedies.
Read this testimony of Brand
Whitlock who as our minister to
Belgium knows what it means for a
land to be occupied by German
troops:
"Tamines is a little mining town
on the Sambre. The little church
stands on the village green overlook
mg the river, it's facade all splotched
where the bullets and grapeshot
shattered against it. And in the lit
tie graveyard beside the church
there are hundreds of new-made
graves, long rows of them, each with
its small wooden cross and its BIZ
of flowers. The crosses stand il
serried rows, so closely that they
make very thicket with scarcely
room to walk between them. The!
were all new, of painted wood, alike
except for the names and the ages
thirteen to eighty-four. But they al
bore the same sinister date-Augus
%, 1914.
The Germans began to pillage an,
burn the houses, SIS of them; the
they turned all the inhabitants int
the street, promiscuously marchin
them about. 1t went on for Ion
hours; they were given no food 0
drink During a halt they force
them to lie beneath the machin
guns, then they lined them u
against the church wall and pc
formed a mock execution. Abor
600 men were massed in St Martin
Square, on the river bank, and the
wives, mothers, daughters were a
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-25
DO WE DESERVE CREDIT
FOR HELPING OURSELVES

II we save and thereby better our
financial position and at the same
time help our Government win the
war are we deserving of credit? The
editor of the Duluth Herald thinks
not. In a recent editorial he wrote:
when Uncle Sam asks us to save
TO help win the war he asks us to
do ourselves a great favor; and yet
simply because the need is great and
the appeal urgent, and because the
Nation pleads with us to do this
simple thing, we are prone to look
upon it as a great favor to the coun
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-25

Sembled by the soldiers to witness
the scene.
They lined up their victims IN
three rows along the Sambre and
umbled $50 of them head over heels
into the river showing back with
their bayonets those who attempted
to cling TO the bank. Only four or
live escaped by swimming. During
this first execution the machine
guns were trained on the remaining
lines, When the firing had ceased
that night, there were more than 400
dead; their bodies lying there, WON
en-, too and children. And the
graves are there near by, in the GEM
etery, and the ages given are from
13 to a."
The part that these civilians
played in the war was to bring to the
civilized world the realization of
what it would mean for German arms
to conquer In playing their part
they gave their lives in the most
cruel way a beastly enemy could de.
wise.
What part will our civilian popula
ton play in the war? Will it &C
along living as it did before the war
or will it glory in the opportunity tc
serve in the tremendous task Of de
feating civilizations enemy? Each
individual must decide that ques
ton He can prolong the world
agony or he can save-save and sac
rifice-to the utmost of his abilit,
and with his savings buy War Say
| ing Stamps that here may be NOR
! money, labor, and materials to bacl
| up those who fight and die not onl
for us, but for all who love freedom
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-25
A BETTER WORD THAN PEACE
(By Henri Chapelle of The Vigilantes)

(By Henri Chapele of The Vigilantes)
Words are living forces. Why then
do we talk of peace" when it carries
the picture of opponents signing COM
promise agreements?
Victory" standing for success In
a righteous struggle, is a better word
for our use, and morally sound, but
II smacks too much of a melodramatic
dash in battle, bringing an opponent
to a mood Of submission. We are
alas "a. beyond tina day, with an op-
moment too arrogant to think Of sub
mission. Besides, we must resign the
word since crimes that shrek to heav'
len make the enemy aware that mere
submission cannot cover his guilt.
But we can use the word "con
quest" It stands for definite achieve
ment and effective work. Historical
w. the United States has freed it o
moral objection, by operations IN Cub;
and the Philippines which could hard
" be termed Peace" nor Victory
int have been referred to as Con
quests" The justice and cleanness o
the subsequent facts of administrator
qavr taken the sting from the word
A similar Conquest is much need
ed in Central Europe. It is a goot
word for clean success, Con
nupst ="
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-25
PRACTICAL PATRIOTISM

Patriotism of the proper kind is
demonstrated in the manner in which
the heads of large industrial organl-
cations are supporting the Govern
ment in its war work. There are
still of course a few persons who
are either too selfish or too ignorant
of the fundamentals of economics to
give that support so much needed by
the Government in this grave crisis,
An evidence of practical patriot
ism is found in the Endorsement by
the National Association Of Manufac-
turers of the action Of the War In
Gustries Board in announcing that
it would discourage all new under
takings not essential to and not con-
tributing either directly or Indirect
" toward winning the war, which In
wolves the utilization of labor, mate
rails, and capital.
The entire country will realize
soon that IL we allow the Govern
ment to spend our savings and to
use our labor and materials as II
sees best, there will be not less bus
mess but more business throughout
the country, and it will be business
of a kind that will win the war. II
we confne our buying only to the
things we need, the Government will
have more money, labor, and mate
rails with which to fight and win the
war.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-25

II is believed that nearly 30 per
cent of Canada is still undiscovered,
bnd if Indian reports are to be be
Iieved there is in the basin of the
Mackenzie river one of the largest
areas OF possible oil-bearing country
on the face of the earth. The Indians
report the existence of lakes 4 hun
dred miles long in Yukon that no
white man has ever seen, while even
the Indians apparently know nothing
of the as yet untrodden Mackenzie
mountains.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-25

A feed and rice mill is being
planned for erection before fall in
Clay county. Farmers are being
urged to plant every available acre
to corn, velvet beans and rice, as well
as an abundance of sweet potatoes
They are planning to establish
sweet potato storage house.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-25

William ID. Walton, of Stroudsburg'
Pr, civil war veteran, had not worn
pair OF shoes In fifty four years.
During all this period Walton has
worn leather boots, and only four
pairs of those. Recently he pur-
chased his first pair of shoes, and is
now wearing them with much inter-
est in his new-fangled foot-gear
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-25
4 TRIBUTE TO THE DOCTORS
INV Marion Couthouy Smith OF The
Vigilantes.)

Mr.. Foster Debevoise, of South Or
ange. y. j.. has contributed an ar
ticle TO suburban Society" a local
weekly. describing a recent tour
through France and England, on gov
nrnment business. He visited the
armies at the front, and speaks with
enthusiasm Of their indomitable spir'
|, and unfailing hopefulness. HI
saws there was less depression, aftel
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-25
, . y . . q u q q y u q Il {
NEW SUGAR REGULATIONS

J :
J Three pounds of sugar per (
person per month is the new {
: allotment of sweeting, accord {
, ing to a ruling telegraphed by {
, State Food Administrator Brax- {
, ton Beacham to County Food {
? Administrator j. Walker Pope. {
, The telegram, which will be
? read with the greatest interest {
= by every housewife, because Of
= its vital connection with the
q business of housekeeping and
= the difficult task of planning
. three meals a day, is as fol-
2 lows:
2 Orlando, Fla, June q, 1918.
Q %. Walker Pope,
2 Winter Haven, Fla.
9 Make public Immediately
- following order winch super
q sedes all previous orders relat-
2 ing to sugar, The allotment Of
. sugar for the State of Florida
. under this rule is fixed at
= three pounds per person per
e month, and no retail dealer
g shall make sale to an individ-
q ual of quantity greater than
e three pounds per month. Fo-
= tells and public eating places
2 shall be allowed an allotment
70 of three pounds of sugar for
10 each ninety meals served.
~ Home Gamers will be allowed
. but twenty-five pounds for
. home-preserving purposes on
q certificates now in use. Further
~ details of this order will be
. mailed you without delay.
. (Signed) "BEACHAM."
4
lis q q q q q q q q q q = q
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-25

Danish scientists claim to have dis
covered a method of manufacturing
yeast without using grain or raw ma
terial.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-05-24

His nephew brought thIs unexpccl
cily 20 a Last. stared 1t him.
"Oh, its yuu, he exclaimed
'Humph, Ina Louud-I don't know
Wbue I'm bound I'm going 10 tim
club / guess. ,r somewhere. Anyhow
] Nou a,aF with her. ] told her so
silly little idiot, IN never speak to be
again. ] tod her go. She
Here Delay. stop, Who are yol
talking about
Caro-, Of course. She
you've run or and left her alone
tonight: Where is she:'
"Upsairs-aud CRYING, ! suppose
She doesn't do anything else. It's all
she's good for. Selfish, romantic"-
He got no further. for Captain Elisha
sent him rceling with II push and ran
to the elevator.
Eighth floor" he commanded.
The door Of the apartment was not
latchcd. Stephen. in his rage and
hurry. had neglected such trifles. The
captain opened 1t quietly and walked
in. He entered the library. Caroline
was lying on the couch, her head bur
led in the pillows.
Caroline, dearie," he faltered. ..for-
give me for comm here, won't you? |
had 10 come. | couldn't rest, thinkin'
Of you alone in your trouble. l know
you must feel harder than eycr toward
me for this afternoons dOin's. but |
meant it for the best. | had TO show
yOu-dol't you seeY Won't you try to
forgive the old Teller that loves you
m0re'n all the world? Won't you try?'
Il forgive you?' she repeated incred-
ulously.
Eyes. Try to, dearie. Oh, IL you
would only believe | meant it for your
good and nothin' else. If you could
only just trust Inc and come to me and
let me help you. l want you, my girl,
| want you!"
She leaned forward. "Do you really
mean it?' she cried. "How can you,
after all / We done, after the way I've
treated you and the things I've said?
You must hate me. Every one does. l
hate myself. You can't forgive me.
You can't"
His answer vas to hold out his arms.
Another moment and she was In them,
clinGing to his wet coat, sobbing, hold
ing him fast and begging him not to
her, to take her away; that she
would work, that she would not be a
to hlm-only take her with him
md try to forgive her, for he was real
and honest and the only friend she had.
And Captain Elisha, soothing her,
her hair ana murmuring words
love and tenderness, realized that
lls labor and sacrifice had not been in
vain; that here was his recompense-
would never misunderstood him
lgain; she was his at last.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-05-24
CHAPTER XVII.
The RAiac%;on
NTHEN the apartment was given
w up and Captain Elisha and his
words movnI IN tho littlo ho,,So

I'H 'Ao HANSl
w up and Captain Elisha and hi!
wards moved to the little house
in Westminster county, Annie came will
them. Mrs. Moriarty came once a week
to do the laundry work. Caroline acted
as IA sort of inexperienced, but willing
supervising h~ousekeeper.
The house had been procured through
the kind interest Of Sylvester. Caro-
line took a domestic science course OF
Il university. She could not quite un.
dcrstand how ner Nlcle retained the
valuable paintings of their old home,
One day at her request her uncle told
her the true story Of Mr.. Parsons re-
lstions with her father. Caroline wrote
to Pearson apologizing for her conduct,
but she got her uncle's promise not to
invite Pearson to call. However, the
captain forgot all about it, and Pearson
appeared. AS he turned in at the font
walk Caroline came out of the door.
They met face to face.
1t was a most embarrassing situation,
particularly for Caroline, yet, with
feminine resourcefulness, she dissem-
bled her embarrassment to some extent
and acknowledged his stammercd Good
afternoon, Miss Warren" with a cool,
almost cold, How do you do, Mr.. Pear
SOM which chilled his pleasure at see
ing her and made him wish deyoutly
that he had not been such Il fool as TO
come. However, there he was, and he
hastily explained his presence by telling
her of the captains invitation for that
day, how he had expected to meet him
ut the station and, rot meeting him,
had walked up to the house.
rs he in?" he asked.
No, Captain Elisha was not In. He
had gone to see a sailboat man. Not
hearing from his friend, he concluded
the latter would not come untiPthe next
day. "He will be so sorry" said Car
dine.
He was turning to so, but she stop
ped him.
You mustn't 60, Mr.. Pearson" she
said. "Iou must come In and wait.
Captain Warren will be back o I'm
sure"
Pearson was reluctant, but he could
think of no reasonable excuse. So he
entered the house, removed his overcoat
and hat and seated himself in the liv.
ing room to await the captains return.
They were deep In the discussion of
the novel when Captain Elisha walk.
ed into the living room. He was sur
priScd, stating his feelings at their
mildeSt, to find them together, but he
did not express his establishment.
Pearson did not take the next train
nor the next, Instead, he STAYED for
dinner and we'll into the evening. and
when he did so it was after n promnt
acceptance of the captains invitation
TO come again In a mighty little
while"
Pearson came again n week later and
thereafter frequently. The sessions
with Cnp'n jim, the hero of the novel.
ana ms associates were once more reg.
u'ar happenings, TO be looked forward
To ana enjoyed by the three.
In June two very important events
took place. The novel was finished.
and stephen, his sophomore year at an
end came home from college. He had
invited by some classmates 10
spend a part Of his vacation with them
on the Maine coast, and his Guardian
mad consented to his doing SO. But
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-05-24

the boy himself bad something e.se &c
propose.
say, be said. i've been thinking
q good deal while I've been away this
last tine. Now, tie way look 1t it.
this college course Of mine isn't worth
while. And the kind OF work / want
TO do doesn't need university training.
want TO be down on the street. as the
governor was. II this rubJ~- compan
business hadn't knocked US u | in
tended as soon as | was of e TO take
that seat OF his AID start In FOR N.Y.
self Well, that chance has gone. but
moan 10 get in some way. though |
have to start at the foot of the ladder
Now. why can't | leave college and
start now? 1t will be two years gain
ed. won't IT,"
Captain Elisha seemed pleased. but
he shook his head.
How do you know you'd like it?"
he asked. You've never tried"
NO, | never have. but I'll like it,
all right. know shall. It's what
I've wanted to do ever since | was old
enough to think of such things. Just
let me start in now, right away, and
III show you. I'll make good, you see
IL | don't"
That evening the captain made a
definite proposal to Stephen. 1t was
briefly that. while lot conserving IN
the %latter's leaving college, he did con-
slider that a trial Of the work in a
brokers office might be a good thing.
Therefore If the young man wished he
could enter the employ of a friend of
sylvester and remain during July and
August.
The novel, the wonderful tale which
Captain Elisha was certain would
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make Its author famous, was finished
that very day in June when Stephen
came back from New Haven.
The advance copy, <he first one, was
ready early in September, and the au-
thor. of course, brought it Immediately
to his friends. They found the dedica-
ton especially interesting, no G. w.
and L. W., consulting specialists at
the literary clinics, with grateful ac-
acknowledgements" Probably Captain
Elisha was never prouder of anything,
even his first command, than of that
dedication.
AND the story, when at last it appear.
ed for sale, vas almost from the be-.
ginning n success, and, most important
Of all perhaps, it sold and continued to
sell. There was something in it, its
humanity, its simplicity, its clearly
marked characters. which made a hit.
Pearson no longer needed to seek NH.
fishers; they sought him. His short
stories were bid for by the magazines,
and his prices climbed and climbed
lie found himself suddenly planter IN
the middle of the highway to prosper.
ity.
The novel being out Of the way and
Its successor not yet far enough nd
vanced in plot or general plan for much
discussion, the Literary clinics" were
no longer as frequent. But Parsons
visits to the Warren house were nor
discontinued. All summer long he had
been coming out nee and usually twice
a week. Captain Elisha had told him
not to stand on formality, to come any
time. and he did. On most OF these
occasions he found the captain at
home, but If only Caroline was there
he seemed quite contented. The can.
tain was planning Il glorious Thanks.
giving. AT least it would he glorious
to him, for he intended spending the
day and several days at his w home
i'll South Denboro. He would not leave
Caroline, of course; she was going with
him. Steve would be there, though no
would not come until Thanksgiving
DAY itself. Sylvester also would be of
the party. He seemed delighted Mt the
opportunity. Pearson was asked ami
had accepted. His going was so far a
settled thing that he had commissioned
Captain Elisha tc purchase a stateroom
for him on the FS!l river boat, for. OF
course, the captain would not consider
their travelling the entire distance by
train. A day or two later Pearson an.
nounced that be had decided not TO
go.
"Hey!' Captain Elisha could scarce.
ly believe he had heard correctly. "You
can't go-to South Denboro?'
No"
why not, for the land So Ies? Come
here! Let me look at you"
He took the young man By the arm
and led him, almost by main strength
close to the lighted window of the sta.
ton.
"Humph" he grunted after n mo-
ment's scrutiny. You've made nm
your mind; can see that. Have Won
told Caroline? Does she know"
Pearson smiled, but there was rtt,o
mirth In the smile. Il think she ar,aos
with me that it is best" he observed
CTo BE CONTINUED
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-05-24
Community of Shirt

Nnen a man says to me wistfully,
Il want to go to the mountains, but !
suppose we'll 20 to the seashore,"
understand; | know precisely where
ne wishes to go. He wishes to go fish
ing. There is community of spirit be-
tween us. We could both be happy on
a catboat, but would both be miserable
on q board walk,-Robert NJ. Gay, in
the Atlantic.
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thing else in the world to 70 to his
niece, He would have gone to her be-
fore-had been dying to 30 to soothe.
to comfort, to tell her of his love-hut
he was Afraid, His conscience trou.
bled him. Perhaps he had been too
brutal.
The elevator descended. the door Of
the cage opened, and Stephen himself
darted out. The captain caught him
as he passed.
Here, boyr' he exclaimed. "Where's
the fire! Where are you bound!"