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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-02-23

Gen. E. M. Law shows little of the
effects Of his years. His voice was
strong when addressing the Home
Guard battalion, and his enthusiastic
suggestion that he would cheerfully
head the men if necessity called them
to action, evidenced that not only was
the spirit willing but the flesh was
not too weak.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-02-23
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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-02-23

In this matter of suspending the
fish laws, we are sure that our Gov
ernor will do what he can to protect
the Gait fish.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-02-23
All Saints Episcopal

All Saints Episcopal
Second Sunday in Lent.
1880 a. m.-Holy communion
10 a. m.-Sunday school.
il a. m.-Morning prayer and SER
mon.
7:3O p. m.-Evening prayer and ad-
dress.
Monday $3.50 p. m.-St. Agnes and
St. Katherine's Guilds.
Tuesday s p. m.-Men's Club with
MIR. D. G. Warner.
Lenten services: Wednesday eve
ming at 1880; Friday afternoon at 4
REV. VIM. B. CURTIS,
Rector.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-02-23
Cumberland Presbyterian

+. H. Callahan, pastor.
sunday school at GAS a. m.
The pastor will preach at both the
morning and evening hours.
Morning worship at II a. m.
Evening worship at 1880 p. m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
at 1880 o'clock.
Thursday evening choir practice at
1870 o'clock.
Strangers and visitors will find a
welcome at the Cumberland church.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-02-23
Grace Evangelical Lutheran


Tennessee Ave. and Orange st.
W. e. pugh, pastor.
Second Sunday in Lent.
Bible school at 10 a. m.
Morning and evening worship at
ii and 7:15 o'clock respectively.
Subject of morning sermon, 9TH.
Ways of the Lord"
Evening subject, "Three Gardens
Midweek Lenten service Wednesday
at 1880 p. m. Subject Of sermon, "Dis.
ciples Who Sleep" St. Luke 22:39-46
+ Friends and strangers are cordially
welcomed to all services.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-02-23

terday's battalion drill. Certainly
any person who sneers at the Home
Guards is lacking in gratitude, de-
cency and patriotism.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-02-23

Mission at st. Joseph's Catholic
Church, Corner Of Missouri
Ave. and Lemon st.
A six-days' Mission will be given II
this city by Rev. Father Luis G. Pa
Continued on page 81
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-02-23

The County Commissioners Of Dat
County are advertising the old cOu
ty poor farm for sale.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-02-23

II there was any disposition on the
part Of anyone to regard the Home
Guards Of Polk county as a joke, It
was dispelled yesterday, so far, at
least, as those are concerned who
viewed the battalion drill. No one
could have looked over the splendid
body Of men who went through the
military exercises without feeling
that here were real men, who could
be relied on in any emergency that
might arise And, considering their
opportunities, they come mighty near
being real soldiers, too. What they
have learned about military tactics,
has been, in most instances the re-
suit not only of hard work, but Of
sacrifice of time and comfort. 1t is
no pleasure, night after night, to
shoulder heavy gun, and tramp over
the streets for hours, in order to at
tain a degree of proficiency in mill.
tary movements, to learn to handle
guns, and otherwise to fit oneself for
adequately defending the lives and
properties of the people, in case such
defense is needed. But these men
most of them busy men, many of
them men of the highest standing in
their communicative done this
thing, and Polk county could today
on short notice turn out $50 or more
trained and armed men, who could
successfully take care of any situa-
ton that might arise. A realization
OF this fact was brought home to all
who witnessed the spectacle of yes
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-02-23

THE LAKELAND NEWS
A weekly newspaper giving a resume
II local matters, crop conditions,
county affairs, etc. Sent anywhere
for $3.50 per year.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-02-23

AS the orange blossoms open, the
spring poet buds, and anon he
"busts" into print if he can find a
tolerant editor. We just know If this
weather keeps up, the fine poetic
frenzy is going to run amuck worse
than the measles. Lives there man
with soul so dead, But that the spring
goes to his head, And whispers to
him, now's the time, To put your
thinklets into rhyme?
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-02-23

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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-02-23
Uniform Treatment

To the Individual
ment attention accuracy
ing affairs
despatch.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-02-23

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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-02-23

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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-02-23

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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-02-23

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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-11-07
ALL HAD TRAGIC HISTORY
Carolina the Last Of Quartet Of Ships
That Seemed to BE Doomed
to Misfortune.

"The sinking of the Carolina by
German U-boat removed the last Of
quartet of ships that have had tragic
history" remarked Brooks Amiss OF
Baltimore, a former resident Of Wash.
ington. at the Willard, according to the
Washington Post. 1.-THE Carolina was
formerly the Grand Duchess, built for
the Plant line In 1896. She made her
first trip from Boston to Halifax and
two years later she was taken over by
the government to be used as trans.
port in the Spanish-American war.
Her maiden voyage in the transport
service was from Charleston, s. c.,
carrying regiment OF Wisconsin
troops and high army officers to Porto
Rico.
General Miles short time before
had been placed In command Of the
American army and he left Washing
ton with members OF his STAFF early In
July. At Charleston General Miles
went on board the Yale, which had
been the City OF Paris OF the Ameri-
can line. He left Gen. Roy Stone Of
his staff at Charleston to recruit
gang of laborers for the army In Porto
Rico. General Miles proceeded to
Cuba on the Yale and after staying
there few days went to Guanica on
the southern coast of Porto Rico. 1t
was while he was lying in the wonder
full little harbor OF Guanica on board
the Cherokee, the Yale being too large
to enter the harbor. that he was joined
by members Of his staff who had sailed
on the Grand Duchess The Cherokee,
another Plant liner, took the staff to
Ponce, and among others on that yes
sci was the late Richard Harding Da-
Wis, who had sailed from Cuba on
dispatch boat. The Cherokee arrived
Off Ponce the next morning to find that
the city had been taken the previous
day by an ensign Of the navy In dis
patch yacht.
"A few days later the protocol end
Ing the war was declared and most Of
the members Of the Miles party sailed
back for the States on the OLDHAM, a
transport that had been purchased
from the HollandlAmerican line.
"The curious part of the thing Is
that the Yale was sunk In some man
ner; the OLDHAM ran ashore off the
coast of Cuba while In the transport
service the Cherokee foundered some-
where In the Atlantic and now the
Grand Duchess, rechiistened the Caro-
lima, has been sent to the bottom by
German U-boat."
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-11-07
CALLS FOR BRAKE
Middle Aged Man Would Slow Up
Wheels of Time.
IL Living In Hope That Some Man
VIII Devise a Workable Scheme
fer Renewing Ones Lease Of
Life, and Do It Quickly.

what we really need" said the
middle-aged man. ''is some way OF
slowing up the wheels OF time.
"An every man who has begun to
get on In life knows, the older we
grow the faster time seems to fly. In
our youth even single days seem ia
be endless; but when we get to be
about so old the years go 30 fast that
they seem to spin around like pin.
wheels.
There was once an advertiser with
q patent medicine to sell who started
OF his advertisement by describing
himself as retired physician whose
sands Of life had nearly run out. A
well-meaning friend in the far West
wrote to him saying that II he would
mix little molasses with the sands
they wouldn't run out so fast.
"Of course there was an idea in
that; but the minute you come to think
it over seriously you see that there is
really nothing to 1t. To make the
wheels Of time turn slower you'd have
to have something more than molasses
! have thought that perhaps we might
invent some sort of brake, very pow
erful brake, for this purpose, but ]
guess there's really nothing In this
idea, either.
Lacking the means Of making the
wheels of time turn slower, so that
we would seem to have more time,
have thought that perhaps somebody
may yet devise way of renewing our
lease of life. II we could get an In
definite renewal of our life lease we
wouldn't care how fast the wheels
turned, because we'd have endless
years for them to turn In.
"The man who could devise a work
able plan OF this sort would get rich
beyond any sort Of dreams whatever
that is, II he could prolong his own
life as well as sell life-renewal leases
to others; for fancy that, hard as
this world may be in some respects
the great majority of us would like to
continue living in it a long, long time
and would give all we had for that
privilege.
"For myself, | can say that like
the world very well and would like
to stay on it Unfortunately. If there
Is anybody now working on this life
lease-renewal device I hope he will get
1t running before the sands of my old.
fashioned life shall have run out com.
pietely; and if when he opens up for
business he will let me know where
to find him ! shall go to him; and, II
have the price, take out as a first
extension a renewal for about cen
tury."
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-11-07
HaIzac Would Have Starved.

Some of the geniuses of earlier gen.
erations would have a hard time of 1t
with civilian rations in Europe. Many
of them are still remembered for their
appetites. Thackeray and Dickens
were both masterful at the table. Bal
FAC was equal to making a dinner Of
eight dozen oysters, twelve outlets, a
duck, a pair of cartridges, and all
the customary trimmings" Herbert
Spencer once went upon a vegetable
diet, and declared that after he return
ed ito meat he had to rewrite every
thing he did in the interval to get viril-
ity into it.
Regardless Of the effect on genius,
rationing is spreading. Even walk
ing sticks have come under govern
mental control in England, and pre-
ssumably prospective purchaser VIII
soon have to present a license to carry
such an ADMINISTRATIONS Business.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-11-07
PUBLIC SALE


/ will offer for sale on the Walt
Shurtleff farm near the town of
Belington, w. Va. on the 10th day
of Nov. 1918, the following prop
erty;
5 head of cows, four Of which are
well bred Herefords; / Black Mare;
/ Bay horse; yearling steers; 5
calves; farm wagon; l set of
farm harness; moving machine
and rake; l Buggy and harness; 2
big plows; single and double
shovel plows; Cultivator, and many
other farming implements too nu-
merous to mention, also some corn
and fodder.
Sale begins 10 o'clock prompt.
Terms made known ON day of sale.
C. E. SIMMONS,
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-11-07
A HEAVY MAIL BUSINESS

The handling of the mail for the
Federal Food Administration for West
Virginia is no small problem. One Of
the Office rooms of the Administra.
ton in the National Bank of West Vir-
ginia Building is devoted exclusively
to receiving, addressing and dispatch
ing mail matter. During the past
seven weeks prior to October 26. TO-
467 pieceAof mail were received and
distributed. The largest mail day was
on September 10th, when 1856 pieces
were received and distributed
Miss Edith Bonnesson is the eff
cient @Postmistress" for the Admins
traion, she distributing this mail to
the various boxes for the several de-
parn ents Most of this mail is gov
ernmtnt mail and comes in and goes
cut under government frank, and
there are no postage stamps to lick
which lessons the expense as well
as the work.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-11-07
Diary Of a New Yorker.

Rose at 1880 a. m. Closed folding
bed.
Bathed in patent folding tub.
Cooked breakfast on collapsible cleo
trio stove.
8 a. m.--Left for Office with 4,S02,368
of my contemporaries.
8:15 to a. m.--Crushed In subway.
9:01-Crushed In elevator.
9:02 to - noon--At desk in office.
II to ] p. IN. Automatic lunchroom.
Crushed in restaurant.
to s p. m.--At desk In office.
$3.50 p. rn.--Run over by automobile.
5:45 p. Mum over by street car.
p. m.--Home. Crushed In subway.
6:30-Dlnner at popular table d'hote.
Crushed by waiter.
p. INTO the movies Crushed In,
crowd.
$50 p. INTO drug store for soda
water. Crushed In crowd.
10 p. Mum over by automobile.
1890 p. Mum over By street car.
II p. m.--Saw q parade, Crushed In
crowd. ~
IL midnight--Homa to folding bed
Crushed.-New York Sun.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-11-07
To Save vesseIs From Sinking.

Interest has been aroused by an APP
paratus that has lately been developed
to save ocean vessels from sinking
after being torpedoed or damaged by
collision. The contrivance, which is
shown in Popular Mechanics Maya
zine, comprises Illuminated steel disk,
to the center Of which Is attached
series of rubberized canvas cone
shaped buckets. In use, the end cone
on the chain would be lowered into
the water In the vicinity Of the hole
In ships hull. Upon being caught by
the inrushing water, 1t would be pulled
through the opening. The whole string
of buckets would then be lowered along
with the disk so that the latter
would be pulled in place over the
break. The cones, being Of flexible ma
terial, would be able to pass through
an aperture, regardless Of Its shape.
The disk, once in place, would be held
by the pressure Of the water against
the hull.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-11-07
Dealing with the Occult.

An astonishing number Of books on
occult subjects are being published In
these days, especially on lines relating
to the future life, the theme taking
on new interest because Of the war
and its losses. One writer, Prof. w. j.
Crawford of Belfast, Is dealing with
so-called spirit manifestations in a
new way. For one thing he has tried
seating the medium on a weighing ma
chine while the manifestations are
going on and watching the varying
record OF her weight. He has found
that where chair or table was levi
tated an Increase In her weight almost
corresponding to the weight of the
piece of furniture was noted. Whom
there were rappings her weight les
sened, the amount lost varying with
the intensity of the sounds. What
these phenomena indicate to his mind
or what he expects to prove by them
does not appear.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-11-07
FARM LABOR NEEDS Needed

q. 8. Department of Agriculture -
naming men to work with the District
Draft Boards IN the various states AZ
advisers regarding agricultural nesds.
County Agents of tho Department Of
Agriculture have been supplied with
questionnaires to be sent out for the
purpose of securing facts about the
farm labor needs in the country. APP
pointnj ents for West Virginia are as
SellcMs:
A. r. Jacobs, r. f. D., Wheeling,
Agricultural Adviser to District Board
for the Northern District, with head
quarters at Clarksburg.
Peter Steenbegen, Point Pleasant,
w, Va, Agricultural Adviser to the
District Board for the Southern Dis
trict, with headquarters at Charleston,
W. Va
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-11-07
Want Technical Training for Women

AT joint meeting of the Birming-
ham and Atlanta sections of the Amer
lean Society of Mechanical Engineers
resolutions were adopted requesting
the colleges and technical schools of
the country to provide special courses
of technical instruction for women
and girls in order that they may be
able to take the places of men who
have been or may be called into the
service of the country during the war.
Birmingham Age Herald.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-11-07
FOOD REPORT FOR HOTELS

r. L. O'Neil, Hotel Representative
Of the State Food Administration. has
sent cards to all public eating places
in the state asking for their first
monthly report showing the name Of
the hotel, location, proprietor. number
of meals served during the month;
number Of pounds Of wheat -four used |;
number of pounds Of bread, beef,
pork; number of pounds of other
meats. including mutton, lamb, poul-
try, game and all by-products number
of pounds Of sugar and number Of
pounds of butter
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-11-07
improved SOLDERING Process.

A form of the Schoop metal-spraying
process Is claimed to be effective in
soldering. The soldering pistol does
not require the compressed air jet, as
the fuel-gas used is under pressure
and gives the fame sufficient driving
force to spread the solder over the
surfaces to be soldered. A small driv-
ing mechanism feeds the wire solder
continuously into the flame. The
method is convenient, rapid and mex
pensive and is, free from the tedious
and disagreeable features of soldering
by hand.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-11-07
MIXED VICTORY FLOUR


Ask for Victory Flour ready mixed
when you buy
If you buy wheat -four mix with 1t
for bread one-fourth its weight of APP
proved substitutes.
Your grocer is required to have
barley flour, corn -four, or corn meal;
he may have flour from feterita, rice,
oats, kaffir, milo, potatoes, etc.
Special rules govern the use of rye,
graham and whole wheat; consult the
nearest representative OF the Food
Administration.
Following these rules. the American
people will enable the Army and the
Navy and the Allies to carry through
to Victory.
Save that we may Share.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-11-07
RIa Tuna cannerx.

Half million dollars is to be ex-
pended In the construction of large
tuna cannery on the island of Maui,
in the Hawaiian group, states The
Gamer. The waters around the Is
lands swarm with fish Of every de-
scription, among which the tuna is
predominant and attains an enormous
size. The operation of this plant will
be valuable addition to the food sup
ply of the United States and may lead
to the establishment Of an important
fishing industry in the island territory.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-11-07
About Group.

If your children are subject to
Group, or if you have reason to fear
their being attacked by that dis
ease, you should procure a bottle OF
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and
in case of an attack you will know
study the directions for use, SO that
exactly what course to pursue. This
is favorite and very successful
remedy for Group, and it is impor-
tant that you observe the directions
carefully
Sold by all dealers tads.s
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-11-07
SAVED THE RELeIANs

Herbert Hoover, chairman of the
Commission Tor Relief in Belgium, has
received the following cable from the
King Of the Belgians, dated October
%:
"On this, the fourth anniversary of
the foundation of the Commission for
Relief in Belgium, my heart prompts
me to thank you once more in the
name of all my compatriots for hav-
ing during four years saved the Bel
gian nation from starvation.
(Signed) albert"
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-11-07

II am thankful for the good !
have received by using Chamber
lain's Tablets. About two years a
go when began taking them ]
was suffering a great deal from dis
tress after eating, and from head
ache and tired, languid feeling
due to Indigestion and torpid
liver. Chamberlain's Tablets cor
rected these disorders in short
time, and since taking two bottles
of them my health has been good"
writes Mrs. M. P. HARDWOOD, Au-
burn, N. Y.
Sold by all dealers (adv.)
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-11-07

Attorney Martin w. Brown Of
Mo Isville has been appointed Coun-
ty Food Administrator for Mounds
vile and the surrounding territory.
Rev. w. E. Pierce, who has hereto
fore had charge of the whole county
work for Marshall County, will have
the town of Cameron and the adjacent
territory under his jurisdiction-the
county having been divided into two
districts for convenience.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-11-07
sabbath Observance.

If Sunday had not been observed
as day of rest during the last three
centuries / have not the slightest
doubt that we should have been at.
this moment poorer people and less
Civilized. Macaulay.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-11-07
PuzzIinn the Kaiser.

"Dere's one ting puzzles me-" said
the kaiser.
"vot's dot, eggsellency?' asked an
underlIng.
mid dose Yanks sbending all dere
time making money und inventioning
fine machines for us to swipe venever
did dey learn how to fight de way dey
doT'
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-11-07
NEW COUNTY ADMINISTRATORS

Federal Food Administrator E. w.
Oglebay, has appointed John Tanner,
Elizabeth, w. Va. as Food Admins
traitor for Writ County, and Biagio
Menendino, Clarksburg attorney, as
Administrator for Harrison.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-11-07
HIS SUGAR SUPPLY CUT OFF

Last week a statement was publish
ed that M. o. Baker of Metz, Marion
county, had been refused the privilege
Administration until. January /, 1919.
Thu ruling Of the Food Administration
va that Mr.. Baker be denied the priv
ilege of selling sugar for the duration
of the war, he having obtained more
sugar than he was entitled to by MAX
ing incorrect reports.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-11-07
Source of Power.

Only those who are lifted up from
the earth draw men unto them. The
world Is possessed by those who are
not possessed By it. The momentum
Of love is the source Of power.-Fran-
els g. Peabody.