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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-01
FRENCHPEASANTS LOSE HEAVILY BY
 RUSS COLLAPSE

Paris. March 1 - The repudiatton by the Bolshevik government of Rus sias entire bonded debt caused some anxiety among French people who held at least half of the debt of the empire outstanding at the beginning 1 of the war.
 Eighteen billion of francs of Rus sian bonds, at the price of issue, were listed on the Paris Bourse. Twelve billions according to the lowest estI- mates and 15 billions according to i other calculations, were bought by 1 the French public.
 Servants in white aprons, bare headed market women, domestics of all categories and men in the blouses of the peasant and the laborer made up the long lines of investors in front of the wickets whenever Russian loans were offered for sale. q haven't a sou invested in Rus sia " a millionaire Parisian said to I the Associated Press, "but every one | of my servants has one or more Rus sian bonds. Another millionaire, said the same was true of his household. Instead of hitting the counting house and the salon, the Bolsheviki are hitting the servants hall and the backstairs," was the way he put the situation.
 There is no little apprehension in socialist circles as to the effect of this heavy blow the extreme revolutionary element in Russia has delivered at the extreme liberal element in France. A peasant or workingman | who may overlook or disbelieve news of Bolshevik eXcesses or nisconstrue their effect will be unable to doubt the evidence of his own despoilment.
 Until now the holders of Russian bonds have been treasured by the payment of the January coupons which the French treasury assumed. It doesn't appear yet, however, whether the French government will assume the burden indefinitely and if the bankruptcy of the revolution is allowed to become effective, the greater number of the smaller in vestors who have been financing the Russian empire since 1888 will be ruined.
 A contrast is drawn here between the action of the Bolsheviki and that of the French revolution. The Max imalists pretend that the money loan ed to Russia was used to buy arms to keep the people in subjection. This was tried to a far greater extent of the money borrowed by the French mon archy prior to 17S9, yet the conven- tion made it a point of honor to take those debts to the account of the re- public.
 The claims that money furnished by France brought no benefit to the people of Russia is also contested. It is possible to trace the money through the official list of the loans f1oated in Paris and it is found that more than three-fourths of the capital repre- sented was employed to buy rail- roads to build them, or to develop industry and agriculture.
 Russia had improved only about a third of her land at the beginning of the war and the question is asked how the peasants to whom the unim- proved land is turned over will find means of improving it if Russian credit is forever destroyed by the re- pudiation of her debts.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-01
PREVENT COUNTERFEITING
 OF GERMAN FOOD GARD

Amsterdam, March 1-To purchase their various household commo odities, housewives in Berlin have to be pro- vided with no fewer than 56 cards The municipality issues them by the million. The counterfeiting of cards, formerly of frequent occurrence, has been made next to impossible by the adoption of watermarks, and forger- ies are now extremely rare, says a Berlin paper.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-01

The farmer who complains because he can't get cars to transport his pro- ducts, will probably be the same smart fellow that undertook to hold his stuff for higher prices.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-01

We can manufacture poisons within our own bodies which ara as deadly as a snake's venom. A blockade in the intestines { as seen in the cut above)
 piles a heavy burden upon the liver. If the 25 feet of mtestines are choked or clogged up, the blood becomes poisoned and we suffer from what is called auto intoxication or from ptomain poison ing. Something is wrong-we suffer from headache, yabow-coated tongue, bad taste in mouth, nausea, or gas, acid dyspepeia, languor, debility, skin or eyes yellow, the water is scant and
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-01

The people who worry the most about the food shortage against which MT. Hoover warns us, may be the same ones who thought the gardeners were going to overdo the vegetable raising business last year.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-01

Upon my sole, sed the man. And he wawked away shaking 11is he'd, and US fellows kepp on going home with our books.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-01

SWEET PEAS, VIoLETS, TULIPS.
 DAFFODIIS.
 JOHN RICK & SON.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-03-01

Mines With Dick Manly Over the Top, sed Puds Simkfns
 Mines In the Frunt Line Trentches, sed Leroy Shooster.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-06
| AM "HF, BABY

| am the Baby.
am the youngest Institution in the
Woodland the oldest.
The Earth is my Heritage when I
come into being, and when l go
leave it to the next Generation Of
Babies. = 70
My mission is to leave the Earth q
better place than found It.
With my million little brothers and
sisters can do this, If the World
does not impose too many handicaps
Now | need Pure Milk and Fresl
Air and Play,
When | am little older shall
need good Schools in which to learn
the Lessons of Life.
l want to live. laugh, love. work
play.
| want to hear good music, reat
good books, see beautiful pictures.
| want to build Houses and Roads
and Railroads and Cities
| want to walk in the woods, battle
in the waters, and play in the sntw.
am Yesterday, Today, and Tomor.
row.
If you will make my way easy now
will help you when l grow up.
l am your hope--I AM THE BABY
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-06
WaveletS
Fro m
The Deep
C. Cree n

The draft swept down on one
Georgia town like Augusta wind.
There is an odd bird called the peli-
He can catch lots of fish, l know well
he can;
When one comes in sight
Pei makes just one bite;
He can more, yes, you bet, just like
hellhecan
Wouldn't it be great if we only had
q doctor that could cure home sick
hess?
The Uboats are getting far from
their base. Let us hope the poor
devils in them have made their peace
with God, for it's a hundred to one
they will never get back to tell the
big boss their stories.
They say that whiskey called Three
Mules" has plenty of kick in it. Saw
one fellow take drink of it and
"hee-hawed" right out loud.
Don't let the gents furnisher cellu-
loid collars these hot days
Women will buy skirts, no matter
how short they are. (Wonder what
he means, GeorgeD
There is one bill Pres. Wilson should
pay promptly and is the Kaiser Bill
seem to feel like the navy cap,
tains are going to have a sinking
spell.
A woman will have the last WORD
even on night message.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-06
Postmaster.

London, June 5,The official Aus
tralian correspondent at the front in
France gives the following account OF
Australian machine gunners claim to
have participated in the shooting
down of Baron Won Richthofen;
about II o'clock on the morning of
April q the troops along the Somme
and Ancre had heard distant popping
from two fleets of British and German
airplanes which had been fighting
high over the German lines, when a
German plane was seen diving after a
British plane.
These two, detached from the fight
came so low that they were temper
arily hidden by hills from the sight
of the Australian gunners nd'troops
around them. Presidently the sound
Of approaching engines was heard
and low over the crest of the hills
by the river came the British plane
making directly towards a position
where there were two Lewis guns. !,
Behind his plane could be seen the
wings of the German plane pursuing
The German was pressing the English
iplane desperately close and firing
short bursts from a machine gun.
When about a hundred yards away
from the nearest Lewis gun, the Ger
man plane which at first had been OBJ
scured by the British plane, was nov
sufficiently clear to enable the gun.
to fire on it without risk of hitting tn,
British machine. Both guns fired ;
burst.
The German plane the next instan
wavered unsteadily to one side
banked up, and veered in a sharp cir
Gle to the left, then shot in a lin
sheer down a steep long angle to tn
ground about 400 yards from tn
Lewis gunners.
When the burst was fired, an off
Ger told me he clearly saw fragment
| of wood or metal flicked from the ma
| chine.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-06

Preparations are being made in
Lakeland for an intensive campaign
which will eliminate on June 2Sth,
with meetings in the various districts
where every patriotic American is
expected to come out and IL he has
not already pledged himself to the
full amount he Is able to invest dur.
ing the remainder Of the year, he is
expected then and there to pledge
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-06
UNCLAIMED LETTERS

Letters held in the General Dellv-
erv of the postoffice at Lakeland ria"
undeliyered and advertised for the
week ending May 80, 1918. Parties
calling for same will please say ad-
vertised and give the date
Mems List
cuss Brown, Mr.. J. B. Berry
W. M. Bridges, Henry Bryant
Geo, M. Conklin, !John Clark, Mack r.
Davis; Mr.. Day, Lake Bonny; R. I.
Daniels. N. C. Doyle, Morris Givens'
Edward Henry, Fred Hosick, H. Hoi-
land. J. N. Head, Ruben Ingram, g.
p Jones, W. j. Jaknes, Lawyer
I,ette. Willie Lawl, Rev. J. H. Miller
H. B. McGregor, H. E. Mcdonald
Price & Atkins, James Prewsley'
Rhodes Brothers. Wedly Robinson,
Walter Staten, j. Sorner, Clarence
Scott Am Smith, Henry G. Tucker.
r. G. O. Verstrilla, W. R. Wolf, Ed
Winston, Burnley Wheeler, Williams
& Co.
WOmen's List
Mrs. Sadie Armstrong, Miss MANI
mic Butter (2), Mrs Mary Barnes,
Miss Fronie Barfield, Mrs. Alice Nj
Coles. Miss Matte Childs, Mrs, Lot
tie Mae Cross ~, Mrs. Nancy Davis
Miss Bessie Davis, Miss Minnie Doug
los Mrs. n. C. Doyle, Mrs. Alberta
Davis. Miss Alma Fields, Miss Ernie
Filler. Mrs. l.. Hobby Mrs. Monte
Homes. Miss Matte Hodge, Miss A. }
.,Cnes, Mrs. Nurlina Jackson, Mrs,
Lucy Johns, Miss c M, Leach, Mrs,
Josephine Moore, Mss. E. M Moore
Miss Jessie Moore, Mrs. Matte Lee
Rue, Mrs. Lotto Reynolds, Mrs. Min
,ie House Stovall Mrs. Luvina Smith
Mrs. W. B. Stephens, Mrs. Apn:e
Washington, Mrs. Marietta Waters
Mrs. susanna Walker, Mrs, Susie
Yates.
r. O. CRESAP
Postmaster.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-06
AUCTION SALE
OF
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
IN COWDERY BUILDING
ION Main ST.

NEXT SATURDAY AT 1880 p. M.
China cabinet, 2 refrigerators ice
box, 2 dining tables, IL dining chairs,
buffet, 2 kitchen tables, 2-burner Per-
lection oil stove, oil heaters, 5 iron
beds, springs and mattresses, 8 dress
ers, 4 washstands, wardrobe, music
cabinet, study chair, guitar, New DIV
er typewriter, 8 large rugs, small
rugs, As yards mating, 3 sewing ma
chimes, Child's crib, baby carriage
willow rocker, 5 porch rockers, 5
chairs, 4 large rockers, bowl and
pitcher, aluminium cooking camping
outfit, bale of cotton, hair mattress ,
doors, garden hose, tool box and tools,
4 tubs, lamps, dishes, school books,
writing desk and book case, stands.
IS chicks 4 to 9 weeks old, etc
B. H. HARNLY, Auctioneer,
Phone 1856 Blue 1917
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-06

himself to the extent of his ability
The Government has already ap-
nronriated the prospective revenue
of $4,000 100000 for War Savings and
is now calling on every state to furn-
ish its quota-or furnish pledges OF
its quota.
The local campaign has been un'
dertaken by the Lakeland Lodge al
Elks and full particulars with regard
to the plan of the campaign Will
shortly be published.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-06
Presidents
War Savings
Proclamation


ly called ON all American citizens to
rally to the assistance of those who
are conducting the War Savings cam
paign in the various states. The
President asks Americans to pledge
the amount Of War Saving Stamps
they will absorb during the remain
der of the year in the following Ian
guage:
This war is one of nations
of armies-and all of our one hun
dred million people must be econom-
ically and industrially adjusted to
war conditions if this nation is to-
play its full part in the conflict.
The problem before us is not prim-
arily financial problem but rather a
problem of increased production of
war essentials and the saving of the
materials and the labor necessary
for the support and equipment of our
Army and Navy. Thoughtless ex-
penditure of money for non-essentials
uses up the labor of men, the pro-
ducts of the farm, mines, and fac
tories, and overburdens transporta-
tion all of which must be used to
the utmost and at their best for war
purposes.
The great results which we seek
can be obtained only by the partic-
ipation of every member of the ma
ton, young and old, in national
concerted thrift movement. there
fore urge that our people every
where pledge themselves, as sug-
gested by the Secretary of the Treas.
ury, to the practice of thrift; to
serve the Government to their utmost
in increasing production in all fields
necessary to the winning Of the war;
to conserve food and fuel and useful
materials of every kinds; to devote
their labor only to the most neces
sary tasks; and to buy only those
things which are essential to indi
vidual health and efficiency; and thai
the people, as evidence of their 10y
atty, invest all that they can save IL
: Liberty Bonds and War Saving
Stamps. The securities issued b.
= the Treasury Department are 81
many of them within the reach o
: every one that the door of opportuni
ty in this matter is wide open to al
of us. To practice thrift in peac
times is virtue and bring
:, great benefit to the individual at all
" times; with the desperate need of the
:, civilized world today for material
:. and labor with which to end the wal
the practice of individual thrift is
!, patriotic duty and necessity.
81 appeal to all who now own Lib
=, erty Bonds or War Savings Stamp
to continue to practice economy and
J., thrift and to appeal to all who d
not own Government securities to d
= likewise and purchase them to tn
extent Of their means, The ma
who buys Government securitie
transfers the purchasing power {
= his money to the United States GO
eminent until after this war, and t
v that same degree does not buy
competition with the Government
II | earnestly appeal to every NAL
woman and child to pledge then
&c selves on or before June 2Sth to say
n constantly and to buy regularly
90 possible the securities of the Cover
n. ment; and to do this as far as po
sible through membership in W.
Savings Societies. The 2Sth Of Jur
ends this special period of enlistmel
in the great volunteer army of pr
is duction and saving here at HON
May there be none un.enlisted c
e. that day"
(signed) WOODROW WILSON.
May 20, 1918.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-06

Key West has recently organized a
Chamber Of Commerce and consider
able out-of-state advertising will be
dcne this summer. This means added
prosperity for Key West.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-06

The recommendation made by the
road engineers that grass be planted
or induced to grow on the shoulders
Of the roads, especially where there
are fills, is just as good now as when
1t was urged by this paper eighteen
months or more ago. It is the very
best and cheapest road protection that
can be devised. j
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-06
so BUY THRIFT STAMPS

President Wilson says; Every man
in every business in the United States
must know by this time that his whole
future fortune lies in the balance.
War demands the maximum OF self
sacrifice and of economy, even to the
point where the pinch comes.
LET every man and every woman
assume the duty Of careful, provident
use and expenditure as public duty,
as a dictate of patriotism which none
can expect ever to be excused or for
given for ignoring.
Secretary McAdoo says: Business
as usual cannot, of course, be adopted
as the guiding principle in time OF
war. 1t is a wholly wrong theory
and should find no advocacy or acceP-
lance by the sensible and patriotic
people of America. Business must be
ireadjusted to the warmaking func-
ton of the nation. When these re-
adjustments have been completed, il
will be found that all the brains and
energy of the nation which have bee,
released from occupations non-essen-
tial to the war will be required in en-
terprses and activities which ere es.
sential to the war, and that the wei
fare and prosperity of the country as
a whole will not be impaired.
Elihu Root says: eve have no
enough of food and clothing and raw
material for arms, transportation anC
ammunitions to make good what j:
necessary for us to make good if w
are to succeed. There is but one wa.
in which to accomplish that, and tina
is by being more careful and savin'
in the consumption of things the arm
les need. There is no other way
Unless we can save and give the bene
fit of our saving to the armies and t
the Allies we shall lose the war
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-06

The Lakeland Elks have undertake
en- great work in assuming the oner
GUS task of putting over the War Saw
ings drive: but they are never found
wanting when it comes to good and
patriotic deeds.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-06
U. s. SOLDIERS TAUGHT ENGLISH

Y. NJ. G.. A. war work secretaries,
are teaching the English language to
thousands Of enlisted men. These
men in many cases cannot even un.
derstand the commands.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-06

Detroit, Mich, June 6.-Cocktail-
less bacarets, wineless winerooms
less cabarets, wineless winerooms
termined play for existence IN dry
Michigan.
When the amendment to the state
constitution prohibiting the sale, i'm
portation or possession of wines. beer
or distilled liquors became effective
May l, it failed to close all the sa-
looms. In Detroit especially the bars
continue in business in a majority Of
cases, the only change being the sub
stitution of near" beers and the elm
ination Of drinks prohibited by the
amendment. Similar conditions pre-
vail in other cities of the state in the
copper country on Lake Superior
In some cases wineroom proprietors
have taken advantage of the new re-
lgime to bid for prosperity along TEN.
Eperance lines. Jazz bands have been
retained-in some cases have even
been augmented The same tables
the same walters; the same bars--the
same bartcnders: everything is tht
same, apparently, excepting the bev.
erages.
Proprietors IN most cases are op
ltimistic concerning the future. Man,
believe that with the elimination d
alcoholic drinks there will pass mai
or percentage of the drawbacks O
their business These changes, the,
hope, will not interfere to any appre
ciable degree with their patronage
Some cabaret owners hope to prof
tby catering to restaurant trade -,
more or less perfunctory adjunct o
the cabaret of pre-May days. BY Civ
ing additional attention to the cuisin
they believe that, after all, the Law
that threatened to drive them from
business may have the more salutar,
effect of putting their places on
more stable basis. ~
; Cabarets that before May / wer
classed as undesirable are also tax
ing new interest in life and are re
sounding with jazz music TO
dancing and giving restaurant an
: soft drink service with the danger G
official interference lessenc6 bv tn
e elimination OF alcohol.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-06
AMERICAN SAILORS THRIFTY

American sailors last year deposit
ed nearly million dollars in thi
branch bank maintained at the Brook
lyn Navy Y. M. G. A. building.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-06

The most ungrateful cuss in the
world is the politician who feels that
he no longer needs the help of those
who helped him gain a foothold. For
tunately this paper long ago learned
never to expect anything else hut in
gratitude from any of the politician
breed.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-06

The nO-fence law will be the issue
in the next legislative campaign.
We're giving notice thus early so that
the perpetual candidate will know
which side of the fence to get on.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-06
DOING HER BIT

Mrs Theodore Roosevelt, Jr,, is
working fourteen hours day in a
Y. NJ. C. A. canteen at AK, France
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-06

Polk county will have as creditable
representation in the Legislature as
any county in the State. Her dele
cation consists of truly representative
men.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-06

N THE CIRCUIT COURT. TENTH JyDlCIAa
CIRCUIT, POLK COUNTY. tlORiDA..,s
CHANCERY.-JAMES n. Jones w. A.
BERT o. RUSSELL AND FANNY n: hvS,
SELL. HIS WIFE.-F0RecIOsuHt W
MORTGAGE.
1t appearing by the afadavit OF \: tucker,
St., attorney for complainant, In tne aoo Pow
tated cause, that ALBERT 0. RUSSELL AM
FANNY NJ RUSSELL. his wife. the aeienu'
ants named in the bill Of complaint sfe nO IL
residents Of the State Of Florida, reslulns :"
"a Lewis street, town Of Everett, Mass. e,,,
That there is no person within Me ea an
Of Florida, the service Of subpoena upoa
whom would bind said defendants, ana IN"
the said defendants are over the age OF well
ty-one years 1t is therefore ordered that Salu
non resident defendants be and are mercy,
required to appear to the Bill OF C9np'a ,hs
filed in said cause on or before Moaday, u ~.
LIST day Of July, A D. 1918, otherwise tne e a.
legations of said bill will be taken a. 'V'
fessed by said defendants. - hs
It Is further ordered that this ofuer . "a
published once week for four conseculn' :
weeks In the Lakeland Evening Telegram,
newspaper published in said county '"
State
This Srd day Of June, 1913
] A. JOHNSON
Clerk Circuit COl3
EPPES TUCKER, sR.
''''N''' " 76lO-Mon. Il. T. ST.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-06

If that State candidate who owes us
$24 from the campaign of 1912 had
come across like gentleman; and
II a certain Congressional aspirant
had paid us that $62 he owes us since
he ran for Office two years ago--per-
haps they would have had better luck
last Tuesday. AS it is we can turn or
no weeps over their defeat,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-06

WANTED-Y0ung lady to do adver
Using work. Inquire Of DIR. J j.
Harvey, chiropodist, Ford House.
III. 49, 1922
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-06

Is RUDE Allyn still roofing around
Hog Island?
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-06

1t isn't necessary that oriil'a",
conversationalist should know VIVA
he is talking about.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-06
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED

The Associated Press is exclusively
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other credited In this paper and also
the local news published herein. All
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patches herein are also reserved.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-06

A visitor to McWhorter, of the Tri-
bune, confessed some disappointment
a. not finding him "big, fat, jolly,
bald-headed fellow" It's a mistake
that sweetness of temper and spright-
Illness of wit are necessary accom-
naniments Of a prominent paunch
Some of the worst grouches we have
known are inclined towards being pot
bellied; and as for the opposites Of
these, in physique and temperament
there's Northumberland there's "us!'
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-06

A face that never wears smll0
should be avoided.