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Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-10

leaders an undue percentage Of the
foreign born. What is mistaken as
pro-Germanism in these men is nom
Americanism. By reason of their for
eign birth they cannot get the Amer
lean point of view. All nations look
alike to them, while to Americans no
nation looks like America, however
much they may criticise it at times.
These foreign born leaders mislead
the party not because they desire to
do so, but because they are incapable
by reason of their birth of doing other
wise.
They cannot feel what Americans
feel. And they are assisted by an
anarchistic, syndicalistic minority that
the party, prior to the war, had al
ways suppressed. The last suppress
sion of this faction was the beginning
of the party's downfall. When the
party, by direct vote Of it's member
ship, Overwhelmingly prohibited the
practice of sabotage the dues-paying
membership was 125,000. Pursuing
their policy of rule or ruin, the syn
dicalists began work within the party
to capture or to destroy it. By per-
sistent wrangling and quarreling at
party meetings they discouraged and
Disguised enough Socialists to bring
the dues-paying membership down to
5000, where it was at the beginning
of the 1916 campaign. Moreover, the
syndicalists have contaminated So
cialist doctrine by foisting anarchist
ideas upon the country as Socialist
ideas.
A few men in the party, who should
have known better, have accepted and
proclaimed the false doctrine that
workingman can have no country, and,
therefore, that it is immaterial to him
whether the country in which he lives,
if it be at war, shall be defeated or
not Such men seem quite uncon-
scious of the fact that this is the
doctrine Of Proudhon and Bakunin, the
anarchists, rather than that of Marx,
the Socialist. Marx believed that
workingmen everywhere had very
real interest in the success Of the
North in our civil war, and upon at
least one occasion wrote to Lincoln
congratulating him upon what he was
doing to bring such a victory about
The present foreign born leaders Of
the American Socialist party, IL they
had lived during the civil war, would
doubtless have censured Marx for
congratulating Lincoln.
For these reasons now take leave
Of the Socialist party a year after
ceased to agree with it. It seemed
to me that, having been at the head
Of the national ticket two years ago,
it was particularly my duty to wait
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-10
THE NAME OF FRANCE.

Give US name to fill the mind
With the shining thoughts that lead
mankind,
The glory of learning, the joy of art,
A name that tells of splendid part
In the long, long toll and the strenu-
GUS fight
Of the human race to win its way,
From the ancient darkness into the
day
OF Freedom, Brotherhood, Equal
Right
A name like star, name of light,
! give you France!
Give us name to stir the blood
With a warmer glow and swifter
flood;
A name like the sound of trumpet
clear,
That calls three million men to their
feet,
Ready to march and steady to meet
The foes who threaten that name with
wrong;
A name that rings like a battle song
l give you France!
Give US name to move the heart,
With the strength that noble griefs
impart;
A name that speaks of the blood out
poured
To save mankind from the sway of
the sword;
A name that calls on the world to
share
In the burden of sacrifcial strife
When the cause at stake is the world s
free life
And the rule of the people ev'ry-
where
A name like vow; name like a
pray'r.
give you France!
Henry Van Dyke.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-10
LINCOLNS GETTYSBURG ADDRESS

-Four and fathers brought iorh
nation, conceived liberty and dedi-
all created equal Now
engaged civil testing whether that nation
and dedicated long endure
We are a great battlefield Of that We met to
portion of the final resting place those who
might live 1t altogether
fitting and proper should do this.
a cannot dedicate, we cannot con
secrate this ground The brave living
and dead struggled consecrated far above
The world will little note nor long
here but forget what they did
here 1t u.s. living rather be dedicated to the
task remaining before u.s. dead take
that for which they here the
last that here highly resolve that
died that the nation SHALL under
birth of freedom and that government oi the
people, people and for the people shall perish from
the earth
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-10

in having twelve months of twenty
nine and thirty days, alternately, with
seven years out of every nineteen with
thirteen months. This is not quite
correct, and all the Chinese have
therefore formed a cycle of sixty
years, in which period twenty-five in
tercalary months occur.
If the superstitious object to add
ing thirteenth month to year, the
argument to advance is that this ham
dicap is more than offset by the fact
that the double hoodoo of Friday, the
13th," could not occur; under Mr.. Ben
nett's plan the thirteenth always
would fall on Saturday.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-10
ACTIVE MOVEMENT IN TARTs.

Young Tommy returned from school
in tears and nursing black eye.
"I'll pay Billy Dobbs off for this in
the morningl" he walled to his mother.
mo, no." she said. "You must re-
turn good for evil. I'll make you a
nice jam tart, and you must take it
to Billy and say: Mother says must
return good for evil, so here's tart
for you.'"
Tommy demurred, but finally con-
sented. The next evening he returned
in a worse plight and sobbed:
~ gave Billy the tart and told him
what you said, and then he blacked
my other eye, and says you're to send
him another tart tomorrow."-Pitts-
burg Chronicle-Telegraph.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-10

Charles w. Bennett of Coldwater,
Mich, in the S0th year of busy life,
has concluded that modern business
is all gummed up by the present ar
rangement of the calendar, and wants
it fixed up right.
Representative ]. NJ. C. Smith of
Charlotte, Mich, who introduced bill
making it a misdemeanor to use the
American flag as handkerchief, bent
an eager ear to Mr.. Bennett and his
plan, and like an honest congressman
who has to propose whatever bill his
constituents can think up, spread HIM
self on the subject in the House of
Representatives.
The plan as born in the active brain
of Charles w. Bennett is to divide the
year into thirteen months of twenty
eight days each. AS may be casually
noted the change means nothing at
all in the life of the man who gets
paid weekly, but it is full of nourish-
ment to the man whose pay envelope
comes twice month or monthly.
Calendar Too Erratic.
1t is just seven years since Mr.
Bennett stripped the mask from the
calendar and showed it up for Just
what it was, an erratic affair, with
rarely two months in succession of
the same mind in the matter of
length, and with the days of the week
always changing their dates.
He worked out his plan and offered
it, in 1911, to scientific magazine,
but the editor, probably remembering
the experience of poor Mr.. Romme's
calendar during the French revolu-
ton, grew pale and fumblingly thrust
ing the plan back into it's envelope,
sent it back to Mr. Bennett.
Not so Representative Smith. He
told a startled Congress, did Mr..
Smith, that the passage of the meas
ure would prove great boon to bust
ness, but failed to mention also that
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-10
NOT ASHAMED OF HIS RELIGION.

The woolly- headed Uncle Rnsmus
was accused Of disturbing the peace.
Officer Mort Rudolph explained 1t as
follows:
"Your honor, this man was running
up and down the Mill River road. wav-
ing his arms and yelling at the top
of his voice, and otherwise raising
the mischief, at half-past one in the
morning. The people Of that district
complained, and they had perfect
right to-" The judge frowned at Ras-
mus, who didn't seem to be particu-
larly worried.
"What do you mean by such unbe-
coming conduct 7" his honor demanded.
Religion. jedge," was the response.
Religion! Are you a Holy Roller,
or something like that? have relig-
ion, Rasmus, but / don't get up at
midnight and tell everybody about it."
Oats des' de diffunce, jedge. I
amt ershamed OBJ mine."-Case and
Comment.
Tell 'am yOu saw n IL. Tho pulIaf;p
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-10
A PUSSY-FOOTER.

Little Joey Jesse was entertaining
his sisters nervous admirer, and, after
making the usual juvenile remarks on
marbles and tops, he suddenly an
nounced:
Ethel told ma yesterday you was a
born politician"
The young man was delighted and
wishing to know more, asked:
"That so? Why does she think
that?"
That's just what ma wanted to
know, and Ethel said it's because you
can do so much talking without com
mittin' yourself."-London Answers.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-10

and see If the party would not right
itself. 1t has not righted itself. I
therefore resign as a protest against
the foreign born leadership that
blindly believes a on-American policy
can be made to appeal to many Ameri-
cans.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-01
PRIMARY next
TUESDAY; RETURNS
TO Be RECEIVED At
TELEGRAM Office

Next Tuesday, June 4th, the Demo.
cratic Primary will be held, and be.
low will be found the ticket to be vot.
ed in Polk county.
AS has been the kilograms Gus.
ton, the Office will remain open Tues.
day night to receive reports from al
over the county, and those desiring te
hear the returns as they come in are
cordially invited to- make the Tele
gram their headquarters for the eve.
ming. The ticket follows:
\ R. H. Buford, for justice Of the su.
Spreme court.
Cade E. Shackleford, for state ia,
commissioner.
l. Will Yon for state auditor.
J. H. Lancaster, for state auditor
P. S. Bowen, for state tax commits.
}sioner.
H. c. Brown, for tax commission
Ier, group one.
J. B. Whitfield, for justice supreme
tourt.
Y Herbert j. Drane, for member
house of representatives, First con
IgresSiOnal district
W. M. Holloway, for state tax
commissioner.
N. A. Bitch, for railroad commits.
sioner.
Thomas F. West, for justice SUI
preme court.
Cromwell Gibbons, for attorney
general.
Van c. Swearingen, for attorney
general,
J. A. Timberlake, for states attor
tney, Tenth judicial circuit.
! d. O. Rogers, for states attorney
Tenth judicial circuit.
s. W. Lawler, for states attorne,
Tenth judicial district.
H. l.. Bethel, for state tax commits
sioner.
N. A. Bitch, R. Hudson Burr ant
Thomas F.. West, having no opposi
ticn are certified as the nominees fol
railroad commissioners, and will no
appear on the tickets in the counties
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-01
CleOna Bates Entertains

A very delightful children's party
is being enjoyed this afternoon at the
hospital home of Mrs. Walter Bates
overlooking Lake Morton, when her
attractive young daughter, Cleona, is
entertaining in honor of little Miss
Mary Truitt, of LAGRANGE, Ca, who il
in the city the guest of her aunt Mrs
Leon Thompson.
Vases of flowers have made the
rooms most inviting, and after the
guests have arrived they will be pleas.
lngly entertained with various games
a contest and rock will also be en-.
]oyed. Prizes for the contest and
the rock game will be thrift stamps
The honoree will be presented the
guest prize, box of correspondence
cards.
Those invited to enjoy this party
are Misses Mary Truitt, Nan Melton
Isabel Todd, Ruth Flanagan, Heller
Skipper, Helen Sneed, Virginia Nc.
Twain, Enid Adair, Dorothy Toph
Evelyn Owens, Mabel Buckley, An.
Meta Logan, Daphne Devane, and Uls
Shepherd.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-01

misled, il possible, in order to lessen
my strength in the country, but
trust my friends will pay no atten-
ton to such niggardly tricks, and
when you hear statement of this
kind please do me the justice of see
ing me and getting facts before you
pass it on to others.
My position on the no-fence law Is
this: In view of the fact that this
question is becoming live issue, and
will undoubtedly come before the
next Legislature to be acted upon, |
have made tho statement throughout
the county, and still stick to it, that
| shall support law submitting this
question to the people, tho property
owners of this county, and let them
say whether there shall be a fence or
no-fence.
My personal preference shall not
enter into the matter in any way, If
| am elected | shall represent the
people, and no man can be more fair
than to submit such thing to the
people to vote on and settle them
selves. MALCOLM G. WARING.
Adv. TOOL
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-01
POLK COUNTY CANDIDATES

Representatives, Group Lynn W.
Bloom, J. M. Keen and A ]. Morgan.
Representatives, Group 2-Alton B.
Parker, ]. w. Sample, M. G.. Warning
and W. 0. Williams.
County Commissioners, District l.
Geo s. Gullett, y. E. Lancaster, Gee
E.. Mann, j. l.. Robinson and e. S.
Whidden.
County Commissioner, District q
]. G. Durrance and J. G.. Maxcy.
County Commissioner, District No.
|3-A. T. Mann.
County Commissioner, District No.
4-Jno. S. Howard and s. G. Sloan
County Commissioners, District No.
|5r7E. c, Flanagan, R. L. Mayes, and
Reid Robson.
School Board, District No IL. C.
Bowers, and C. j. Wilson.
School Board, District No. 2-E, M.
Law and w W. Mann.
School Board, District No. 3--Jno.
E. Melton, Sr., and G.. B. Murrell
Justice Peace, District No. 10
Frank Thompson.
I. Supervisor of Registration-P. w.
Daniel.
State Democratic Executive Com
mittee-Oscar M. Eaton.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-01
TO THE VOTERS OF POLK COUNTY

You may always look out for the
eleventh-hour statement put out by
people of little principle or too ignor-
ant to get at facts before they repeat
a statement heard or seen in print.
Some Of my opponents have been
going the rounds making the state
ment that 1t depended on what COM
munity I was in as to how l stood on
certain questions, and especially the
no-fence law.
OF course, they would have you mis-
led, If possible, in order to lessen my
strength in the county, but I trust
my friends will pay no attention to
such niggardly tricks, and when you
hear a statement of this kind please
do me the justice of seeing me and
getting facts before you pass it on
to others.
My position on the no-fence law is
this: In view of the fact that this
question is becoming live. issue, and
will undoubtedly come before the next
Legislature to be acted upon, have
made the statement throughout the
county, and still stick to it, that
shall support law submitting this
question to the people, the property
owners Of this county, and let them
say whether there shall be a fence o.
no-fence.
My personal preference shall not
enter into the matter in any way, If
I am elected I shall represent the
people, and no man can be more fair
than to submit such a thing to the
people to vote on and settle them
selves. MALCOLM G. wARING.
Adv 1901
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-01
Mrs. X. H. OmOhundrO
And Mrs. j. A. Price
HOstesses to Stitch and Chatter

And Country Knitting Club
The lovely country home of Mrs. r.
II. Omohundro at Griffin was the
scene of delightful gathering of la
dies yesterday afternoon when Mrs
Cmohundro and Mrs. J. A. Price were
POSSESSES to the Stitch and Chatter
Club and Country Knitting Club. these
ladies being members of both clubs.
The rooms were beautifully deco
rated for the occasion with potteG
plants and cut flowers, and the color
scheme of pink and white was car.
ried out in the decorations.
Music by gifted members of the
clubs was much enjoyed, Mrs. J. d.
Freer and Mrs. E. N. Good delight.
ing all with brilliant piano numbers
and Mrs. Chas. Durrance, Mrs. Bar.
mum and Mrs. Good were heard in
several delightful vocal numbers
A delicious salad course was served
by the hostesses, assisted by Mrs. r
B. Mckinney and Mrs. H. Galloway
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-01

Mr.. W. H. Jackson has enlisted in
the tank corps and has been sent to
Fort Screven, Savannah, Ca Mr..
Jackson went with Company D to the
border and was an officer of the COM
pany at that time. He is splendidlv
Equipped for the work he has under
taken and the best wishes of his large
number of friends go with him. His
splendid family will continue to make
Lakeland their home. Mr.. Jackson is
the first Lakeland man to enlist in
this branch of the service, which is
regarded as the most hazardous in
the army.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-01
Mr.. WooDARD
MAKES STATEMENT

] notice in this weeks issue of the
Barlow Courier Informant, part of an
editorial, upon the political issue as
follow:
"Whis is, whether the trustees of
local school districts shall be accord
ed some right to designate what shall
be done with the money paid by the
taxpayers of their respective school
districts, and the parents of the chill
dren in their schools, or whether the
County School Board shall take en-.
tire charge of all funds and dispose
J of them as they alone see fit-which
leaves the local trustees with nothing
to do
This statement is untrue and seems
to be maliciously made for political
purposes The records will bear me
out when | state that not one cent
has been expended by the County
School Board "AS THEY SEE FIT"
except in strict accordance with law.
l have been clerk of the Board since
1912 and part of my duties is to keep
accounts for all these school districts,
check over all bills rendered and
write warrants or checks for all bills
that have been O. KID.
The records are open for inspection
to anyone and in justice to the Coun-
ty School Board, the facts in the
case do not warrant the assertion
made in said editorial
JOE d. WOODARD,
Clerk County School Board
1905.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-01
ROAD WORK PROGRESSING

The Eureka Paving Co. is doing
some splendid work on the Fort
Meade-Frostproof road. The work
men have already laid good dis
lance with asphalt, beginning at the
Alta Vista pool. The asphalt plant is
situated in the Highacres community,
short distance from the main high
way and Messrs. Stucky and Taylor
are handling the road construction
on this stretch of road in splendid
shape. About two and one-half miles
of the road yet remains to be clayed
and new pit to obtain clay for this
purpose is now being opened up.-Ft.
Meade Leader. q
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-01
Serg't Mansfield Welded
To Miss Thelma Cruyn

Miss Thelma Crum, the accom-.
plished daughter of DR., and Mrs.
Crum of Bowling Green, and Sergeant
Clifford Mansfield, son of Capt. and
Mrs. H. NJ Mansfield, were quietly
married in Tampa Tuesday afternoon
at the Rectory by Rev. l.. Irwin, the
ceremony being witnessed only by
members of the immediate families
The wedding of the popular and de.
serving couple came as surprise
to their many friends, but they have
the best wishes of all for a happy
welded life. Mr.. Mansfield expects
to leave within the next ten days for
New York to join the engineering
corps and expects soon to sail for
France to help win the war.-Ft.
Meade Leader.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-01

ars, F. W. Stanley and children
Pect to leave early in the week for
Rla, where they will spend the
pmer, returning when school op-
They have leased a large coun-
place at Ocala, and will enjoy
to the fullest. Mrs. Stanley has
l'ed number of Lakeland girls
30 up with them and spend a
n'n or two, and these fortunate
s's will be Misses Geraldine Ellis,
IN Cation, and Minnie Lee McRae.
stanley family are going up to
"a TO be with Mr.. Stanley, who is
lalling a large machinery plant at
place.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-01

st. Petersburg is to have temper
airy sewage disposal plant before next
fall and bids for its construction will
be asked for by the City Commission
in a few days. The commissioners.
at special meeting recently, decided
to adopt the plans suggested by State
Sanitary Engineer Geo. W. simons
and directed Director of Works W. j..
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-01

Mrs. John Swearingcn and Mrs,
Beulah Smith motored over to Lake.
land Sunday to visit Mrs. j. A. Ewing
at the Morrell Hospital. Mrs. Ewing
is out OF danger but is not yet able
to sit up. Her many friends trust
that her condition will improve rap
idly and she will soon be able to be
out gain.-Bartow Record
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-01

Dial Murdaugh of Camp Wheeler
arrived this morning to spend a short
furlough with his parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. P. Murdaugh before leaving
for France. Dial has been in the
army for over two years and is anx
lous to go across and get a lick at
the Kaiser.-Bartow Record.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-01
In Society
WOman's Club Entertained

The Woman's Club entertained their
gentlemen friends last night at cards
at the Woman's Club building. A most
delightful evening was enjoyed by all.
Delicious refreshments were later
served.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-01

Mrs. Adelaide Rogers and daugh-
!, Miss Freda, expect to leave about
lily LIST for Valdosta, Ca, where they
b reside in the future, much to the
kret of their many Lakeland
ends, Mrs. Rogers expects to enter
! brokerage business there, being
Eociated with her brother. She is a
imam of great executive and bust
bs ability and will no doubt make
Splendid success in her new line OF
beavor.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-01

MRS. e. W. Watson, Mrs. W. c.
Norvell and Mrs. G.. B. Murrell have
returned from Enterprise, where thew
went to attend the Womans Mission.
airy Conference of the State. ~Mrs,
Murrell was honored by being elected
Conference secretary.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-01

Mics Estelle Rogers underwent an
,.ration at Gordon Keller hospital
Tampa on Thursday, and her
lands will be glad to learn that re-
..o from her bedside this morning
10 ouite encouraging. All hope for
|, sneedy and complete recovery.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-01

The Daughters of the Confederacy
will celebrate Jeff Davis birthday
Monday afternoon, June 3rd at 2:3O
o'clock in the Park. The speaker OF
the afternoon will be Mr.. Petteway
The public is most cordially invited
After the program the Veterans will
be served sandwiches and coffee by
the Daughters.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-01

James Boulware's many friends
be delighted to welcome him back
|me today, this popular young mar
ling arrived this morning from
wilson, N. c., where he has been
ending Davidson College the past
Pr. James always ranked first in
Lakeland Public schools, and in
lege he kept up the same record
ng on the. Honor roll and also be.
the recipient Of medal in Eng.
B. He has accepted position fol
summer with the Henley DRUG
re as cool drink dispenser. and
rts on his duties this evening
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-01

Norris and Ralph Epson expect to
i've tomorrow for Fort Valley, Ca,
here they 60 to spend the summer
|th the family of Mr.. T. F. Houser,
kormer Lakeland residents. This is
I peach harvesting season, and the
|ys will be engaged in picking
aches and at the same time be en-
Wing a vacation in the open.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-01

Mr.. and Mrs. j. Hardin Peterson
and little daughter arrived last night
from Charleston, S. c., and are the
guests of the formers parents. Mr..
Peterson is a yeoman, first class. and
has been stationed at Charleston,
though he has recently been notified
that he is to be moved to Washington
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-01

card from Irwin Wyatt, who went
tho 2Sth with eight other selects
m Polk county, is to the effect that
, bovs reached Camp Gordon o. K,
have been placed in quarantine
two weeks, which is apparently
first thing on the bill Of fare.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-01

The Woman's Missionary Society OF
the Baptist church will meet at the
church at $3.50 o'clock Monday after
noon. This will be the regular bust
ness meetings and all members are
asked to be present.