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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17
ROlAR|ANs VOLUNTEER
TO Make EFFORT FOR
THE LIBERTY LOAN

The local campaign for the Fourth
Liberty Loan has been badly handi-
capped for the past couple of days
by the illness of Chairman G. W.
Deem, who is confined to his home.
Recognizing the seriousness of tho
situation the Rotary Club took up
the matter this morning and selected
Mr.. o. M. Eaton as chairman. with
Messrs. A. j. Holworthy and w L.
Thompson to act in conjunction with
him. These gentlemen outlined
plan Of campaign and a second meet
ing was held at 1870 this afternoon,
and final effort to put Lakeland's
quota over was launched by the APP
pointment of the following commit
tees, all of which are now actively at
work:
big Green" or Heavy Artillery"
Committee Ito solicit large subscrip-
tions-H. j. Drane, chairman; A. H.
DeVane, W. W. Chase, c. M. Clay
ton, H. E. Pritchett, W. l.. Thomp-
son, H. E. Memminger.
Railroad Committee-P. D. Good
year, j. F. Council, o. M. Eaton.
One Hundred Per Cent. Committee
Ito endeavor to see that all employees
Of institutions or concerns Of the city
have bonds)-M. F. Hetherington,
chairman; W. S. Moore, H. D. Men
denhall, G. o. Wheeler, Frank San
ford, Jno S. Edwards, H. l.. Collins.
DR.. s. F. Smith,
"Sign Up Committee Ito collect
pledges and put them in proper form
". W Iversen, chairman; G.. H..
Williams, Egbert Lusk Walter Mer-
rill, E. G.. PARCEL, e. M. Watts, j.
D. Williams, Roscoe Skipper, G. E.
Google, w. M. Gober.
There yet remains the gigantic task
OF raising about $4,000 to make UP
Lakeland's quota, and it is hoped and
expected that the gravity of the sit
uation will be appreciated by every
one, and that no one will wait to be
| annroachd but will come forward
with a subscription to the limit al
once.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17
THE KAISER LAYS
DOWN HIS PEACE
TERMS-LIKE EN-!

We have let the Kaiser write our
Liberty Loan advertisement today
a copy of the peace terms that were
prepared not long ago by his official
representative. Read them-and de.
eide whether you had rather contrib
ute to his forty-five million dollar in.
demnity fund or help your govern
ment by making it a safe loan at
good interest
This advertisement was made pos
sible by the patriotism and public
spirit of the following local institu
lions:
Wilson Hardware Co.
Lakeland Book Store.
City Drug Store. ....
First National Bank.
State Bank of Lakeland.
Melton-Ott Clothing Co.
Warren Hardware Co.
Lakeland Steam Laundry.
Ford Shoe Co.
S. L. A. Clonts.
Cole Jewelry Co.
Cut Price Store.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17

there is no more danger. | hate to
say it, but some undertakers have
been profteering If you offer them
$3.50 to get your loved one buried,
some will say, Nothing doing!' Then
if you looked prosperous they would
say, well, give me $500 and | will
give you prompt burial" Isn't 1t
something worthy to lynch men over
which should be done, but 1t Is all In
life and anyway, when one gets in
this kind of a plague, believe me, 1t
has made an impression on me.
The best people now look at this
matter in this light that If you have
the disease and you don't get pneu-
monia, then 1t Is because God IS not
ready for us.
Life has deeper meaning now
than ever and can not but feel
touched when come In contact with
these facts of sorrow and DEATH.
My cough is worrying me, SO viii!
close for this time.
! do hope and pray that our little
city of Lakeland will be spared this
monster and ! know the hearts OF
you folks goes out to this section to-
night.
Well, goodnight Best wishes. II |
get down again, 1t may be my last, SO
I am doing just what the doctor tells
me to do and then II ! go, well, 1t Is
because the Master wants me. But
I think the danger is past, If | get
In the high mountain country.
AS one of the family.
BENZ. DRISCOLL
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17

are to have caskets. 1t Is now about
agreed to rent building and pile
the bodies in there until they can be
buried when they can get caskets
enough. If reports received from va
rious places shows conditions just
the same, | am sending you paper
in which you can get a glimpse OF
what we are up against here, and it
is bringing serious thought to the
minds of us all as to when ii will
end. DR.. Cornish who is treating me
says ! had close call from pneu-
monia and while may have to go
to the upper mountains for relief
from this cough, even then | am
blessed. OF course. If / stay here, he
doubts as to what will happen as my
bronchial tubes are affected and !
won't be able to stand anything right
now. But then / am not complaining
1000 nurses and kitchen helpers are
asked for and many rich girl IS re-
spending even though 1t means
death. Talk about sacrifice! Here Is
where 1t shines out in all It's fu,)
splendor and I don't doubt that the
gates Of heaven stand wide open tc
receive those noble souls.
Dreary will be the Sabbath thai
dawns tomorrow and as one lady
says, whose son just died this weel
from the disease, and the other In
France: "Well, I am not visited any
heavier than many others" A cal
was sent out in one boro today fol
some one to cook and help In fam
lily where the mother and three chill
dren were down with this disease, as
the father is doing what he can but
they need his support and he mus
return to work. I don't know wht
they got. But 1t is a sad case. Many
many little children are now with
cut parents and homes since the pas
week and they can't put them in thu
public orphan homes as they ma!
have influenza, too. They have t
hold them in hospitals or whereve
they can get a place for them unit
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17
ANNOUNCING EMIT

In coming to Lakeland ! expected TO
limit my professional work to Surg
erv and diseases of women and up TO
this time | have adhered strictly to
that specially, but, with the short
age of physicians and the great
amount Of sickness in Lakeland
now feel that it is my duty to offer
nv services in the several branches
of my profession to the public.
1888 ]. B. S. HOLMES, M. ID.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17
Ben DriScOlI Writes
From Sharon Hill Pa. i,
OfInfluenza Scourge

Mr.. and Mrs. M. F. Hetherington,
Lakeland Fla.
Dear Folks: I am lots better to-
night and while / can't say when !
will 60 to work, | hope to at least
stay we'll ! may, as the doctor
states, have to 60 to the mountains
for the cough which this disease left
me is weakening me down and I AM
far from strong. But l will keep
you advised Of my location, as /
can't thank you enough for your en-
couragng letter which came while I
was very sick.
l don't believe that the time God
smote the first born in Egypt in the
days of Herod that grief ever mount
ed higher to the heavens, on hearts
braced for shock for the Death An
gels sword, than it does in this sec
ton of the state. | know writing
does not convey the seriousness or
deep feeling of disaster that creep
around each home tonight--3, 1853
deaths last week in Philadelphia
alone. Men and women high up In
life dying-priest, sisters, nurses,
doctors, manager of big war indus
tries, policemen, laborers, mothers,
children; in fact, 1t is plague, and
one that the U. s. has never had In
its history; and still not checked !.
Bodies that 1t will be weeks before
burial can be had. Sacrifices Of doc
tor and nurses, priests, and ministers
to assist the sick and afflicted have
only ended In death No church serv-
ices anywhere. Catholic Sisters go to
other than their own hospitals to as
sist the nurses and help pneumonia
cases. Collins, IL you want to CAL
them that, are piled up in cemeteries
no grave diggers, funerals must be
very short and none but relatives al
lowed to attend. Crepe hangs or
to a door in many places and for
many blocks in town crepe is all you
see on both sides Of the street. One
of the Catholic cemeteries has ditcf
digger digging trenches to bury the
dead till this epidemic is over, Their
place them in the family lot. A FRIEND
of mine in town lost his wife ard th'
undertaken can't give him any ide'
when she can be buried. A home neal
here in which widowed mother hat
lust received word last week that hel
son was killed in France, had he
only other son, fine young man, au'
married, stricken last Monday AM
buried today. His wife is sick will
It vet and his sister went to bed sicl
today. The priest of the Catholic
church, a fine chap, is down with |
and his sister in town who has ST.
children are all down with 1t and Sc
! rious, too. Only one minister VI
3 and doing what he can in this boro
2 the rest are all sick. One doctor cam'
in for lunch yesterday; / think |
was 115 calls he had to make.
hearse passed through boro below
here today with three caskets in II
q roped on so they wouldn't drop out
: II is said that the other day an un
dertaker had stopped at a hous
to get body ready for burial ant
: left the casket on the porch. Whi!'
!. inside working on the body a mai
came along in wagon and stole tn
casket and took it home to put hi
own wife in it, she having died fou
days before. He then buried her. 0
course they won't arrest him, but
only goes to show how desperate they
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17

A telegram received today by Miss
Sallie LETTERS brings the dNappoint-
ing tidings that DR.. Letters is de-
tanned at Huntsville, Ala, by the
critical illness of his wife, Mrs.
Susie Letters, who, in the words OF
the telegram is desperately sick with
articular rheumatism, with very Sc
rious heart complications. This is
sad news to the people here, who
need DR.. LETTERS badly, but all ap-
lFeciate that his first duty is 10 his
family, and join in the hope that an
early Improvement will take place.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17

Miss Lula Mclaughlin, who has
been waiting on Mr.. and Mrs. B. X.
Youngs in their illness, has been TAX
en- down herself, and now there is
no one to minister to any Of them
There are other cases of the same
kind doubtless, and those who are
willing and able to help should come
forward at once.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17

The City Physician was unable
to make report today of the number
of cases, due to the fact that the few
doctors in town are not in their Of
fees long enough to compile re-
port. However, it is understood to
be about rs new cases since yester-
day. A report will be compiled to-
night for publication tomorrow.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17

When others are having SO much
trouble, we do not feel like mention
Inc our own, but sickness in the
Evening Telegram force has caused
khe carrying on Of our work to be at
kended with considerable difficulty
|for several days. At present condi
|tions are better and we hope the
worst is over.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17

Mr.. W. e. Hand, who has beer
in Indiana for the past four months,
has returned and Joined his family
here. He is accompanied by his
mother, Mrs. Laura L. Hand. Mr.
Hand reports lots of "f1u" up North
and of a much more malignant type
than prevails here.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17

Nessrs. W. H. Haney, c. f.
Earnest and George W. oliver, coun-
k and district officers of the Y. NJ
\ A. are in Lakeland this after
boon comforting with the local COM
nittee regarding the United War
work drive.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17

ponorts from High Springs re-
In here by the Weeks family to-
ore to the effect that Mr.. G. D
,ror who has been very low of in
,an1a is much improved today. His
10 formerly Miss Lillian Weeks
been very ill also, but she is now
| the road to recovery we are glad
! state.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17

FOR RENT-Two-room apartment
furnished for light Housekeeping
in Marion Apartments in Raymol-
do building. Everything new Ap'
ply Mrs. N. A. Browere over Le-
Ways store. wv
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17
Call For Women
To Help In
Nursing

Owing to the fact that some of our
best nurses are i'll with influenza, 4
very urgent call for nurses is being
answered by women outside of the
profession, and women voluntarily
offering their services in this prac
teal way are requested to leave their
names, addresses and telephone mum
Der with each of the drug stores In
the event that no phone is In the
house. then give the name and num-
her OF the nearest neighbours phone
The whole community is greatly in
need of nurses of all kinds and all
women volunteering their services at
this time are performing a great ser
vice.
MRS. EDWIN SPENCER,
Ny..-.g-o NoY,,rafffnp
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17
FOR SALE

n, account Of being called to re-
nor+ for service in the army on oe''
oo.a will sell five room house, with
al modern convenenees, located at
o,A EAST Orange, at a bargain, either
each or Terms. Must speak quick
if you want It. ooo
ALoNzo TRUERLooo,
o n Box ago, or call Telegram offIce'
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17

Mr. J. 0. Whidden, a prominent
Iitizen of Bradley Junction and a
Iondidate for the Legislature two
loars ago. died last night of Span
H. influenza, according to reports
Ieaching Lakeland today.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17
BOY SCOUTS. ATTENTION!

There will be a very important
meeting in the Park tomorrow even
ing at 1880. All Scouts in good stand
ing urged to be present.
T. STANLEY FILBERT,
Scout Master.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17

FOR RENT in the Marion apart
ments, furnished for house keeping,
also other rooms; every thing new
in the Raymondo building. Apply
Mrs. M. A. Browere, over LeVay's
Store. 1888
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17

WANTED-Nurse and house maid to
wait on three adults, sick with in
fuenza. Call at B. X. Youngs, 4lV
South Kentucky. 1907
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17

SEED CORN FOR SALE-Diherent
varieties, best suited to this sec
ton. Place your orders now lot
future delivery. D, H. Sloan
1887
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17

and Mrs. Tyler, of East Myrtle
are the parents Of a little girl
h yesterday,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17

ATTIC FOR sALE-overland 4, tour
ing car; good as new; tires all
row Goodrich and extra tire anc
tubes, owner expecting to enter
a-mv Y. NJ. C. A. at once. $3.50
n C. PETTEwAY, Lakeland Fla.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17

4. 4 F. Pickard is recovering
1, on attack Of Spanish influenza,
- able to sit up today, we are
h to state.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17

WANTED-Work wanted by lady,
Can do office work, and book-keep-
ing. Address SIT =. Rose ST.
1919
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17

r., sbellnut and the Misses Bet
ore now nurses at the City Hos
hail.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17
Mrs. B. 0. Jeffcott
Enters Into
Eternal Rest

Mrs. Brian o. Jeffcott, who has
been Ill at her home on s. Missouri
avenue for the past ten days, died
this morning at 1890 o'clock.
She leaves, to mourn her loss a de.
voted husband and little 8 year old
son, also her father, Mr.. Canvass
White, mother, and three sisters,
Mrs. Douglass McDouwall and Misses
Bess and May White, all of this city.
Mrs. Jeffcott, or Ellen, as her
friends loved to call her, was de.
servedly much beloved by a large
circle of friends, being of an unus-
ually sunny nature, and fine, noble
character.
The funeral will be held from the
Episcopal church, tomorrow morning
at 1O:3O o'clock and interment at
Rose Lawn Cemetery, conducted BY
the Rector, Rev. VIM. B. Curtis. The
sympathy Of a large circle Of friends
goes out to the bereaved ones.
A Fitting Tribute to Beautiful Lie
A beautiful character has left us
forever, creating void in a wide
circle Of friends who for years
cherished her presence among them
But form this void emanates a frag
rance that permeates our souls anc
makes lasting the memory of her who
in her brief stay among US has dem
onstrated the beauty of pure life
her passage here below was an ideal
her life was song, whose tones
echoed into the hearts of her friend!
as beneficent gift Of God.
We who knew her from the day.
Of her sweet childhood till now can
not do any more than to spread ;
cannot do any man than to spread ;
few flowers on her bier. But IN gu
heart there shall always remain tn
memory of her we have learned t
respect, love and esteem.
Requincat in pace,
| MR.. AND MRS. GEO LIZOTTE.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17

MIXER WANTED-Lakeland Dairy
phone 1928 red. ''''
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17

vANTED-Carrier boys to substitute
IN routes. Apply at once. At Tele-
gram office.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17

LacOnicS

| and Mrs. J. c. Fletcher, Of 2O6
|. massachusetts, avenue are the
- ~. Of a fine 8 IL pound girl.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-17

MRS. EDWIN SPENCER,
Chairman Nursing Committee,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-07-02
QUESTIONNAIRES
SENT RECISTRANTS
LOCAL BOARD is ENGAGED IN
Reconsideration. MANY
MORE PUT IN CLASS ONE.

On Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
and Saturday the local board mailed
questionnaires, rs per cent. each
day, to the 81 new registrants who
became 81 years of age since June
5, 1917.
As was the case with the men reg
istered last year seven days are al
lowed for filling out these question
naires and returning them to the To-
cal board. Attorneys will again be
expected to render free assistance to
the registrants. Failure to return
missionaries on time is punishable
by loss of right to claiming deferred
classification and by other penalties.
During the past week IS regis
trants who were in class two and
three were put in class one as a result
of a review of the former classified
lions.
On the assumption that, in the
rush of the first classification, many
men whose status was doubtful were
given deferred classification all
boards were directed to go over the
questionnaires again. No man is to
be removed from a deferred classif-
cation, however, unless it is shown
that such a procedure is thoroughly
justified, and. in order to see that
justice is done both to the govern
mpnt and the reoiStrants the local
board will give all men transferred
from one class to another opportuni-
ty to make a showing.
This week the board is making an
other physical examination of regis
trants who were given deferred class
ifcation in February last on account
of physical defects.
Terrell county will send two men
to Athens on July 18th for special
training, and Jos. w. Cannon and
George R. Daniel have enlisted with
the local board.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-07-02
BABE OF MR.. AND MRS. c. R.
LOVELACE JOINS ANGEL BAND
Little Eleven Months Boy Succumbs
to an Attack of Pneumonia.

The deepest sympathy of many
friends goes out to Mr.. and Mrs. C.
R. Lovelace in the loss of their baby
boy who died of pneumonia Friday,
June 28th. Though only eleven
months of age the little one, by his
bright smiles and sunny nature, had
endeared himself to all who came I'M
der the magic spell of his winsome
personality, and to the fond parents
and three little sisters the loss is ir-
reparable. The remains were taken
on the night train to College Park
for interment after a short and touch
ing funeral service at the home on
Ninth avenue, conducted by Rev. 7.
H. Thomson. The little white casket
was covered with beautiful floral of
ferings expressing the tender
thoughts OF neighbors and friends,
who rendered every service possible
to the sorely bereaved hearts.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-07-02
256 MORE GARMENTS sent
FROM DAWSON TO SOLDIERS
Women Of Every Section of County
Assisted in This Useful Service.
What Each Community Did.

Two hundred and ffty-six well
made garments were packed Wednes-
day by Mrs. L. Lamar and her help
ers at the Red Cross room.
This splendid showing represents
the activity of women in every part
of the county, who despite the very
warm days have kept right on in
this unselfsh service. PARROT is
credited with thirty garments, Sasser
thirty, Cottondale twenty-five, Yeo-
mans thirty-two, Graves Station
twenty-four, country thirteen, color
ed teachers eight, while the Dawson
women contributed the remaining
one hundred and five
In addition to the good work Of
the women of Parrot and Sasser
these communities supply all the nee
essary material for the garments, the
patriotic citizens cheerfully making
up any fund needed for carrying on
war work. When every section of
the county is as thoroughly organized
as these two progressive towns there
will be no trouble in getting over
the top in any undertaking that has
as its object the winning Of the war.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-07-02
SENATE CANDIDATES MAY
JOINT DEBATE IN DAWSON
Hon. H. H. Dean Writes Friends That
One of Meetings Will Be Here
IF Discussions Materializes.

If Candidate Dean succeeds in get
ting the other aspirants for the Unit
ed States senatoTship to meet him in
joint debate, an undertaking which
he has pursued for several weeks with
untiring energy and resolute deter
mination, one of the talk tests will
in all probability be staged at Daw-
son.
Mr. Dean, who has already signi-
fed his intention of speaking here
during the campaign, has written to
friends that if joint discussions ma
terialize he will insist on including
Dawson in the itinerary.
Some of the candidates have sew
eral times expressed a willingness to
meet the Gainesville man on the
stump, but when it came to arrang-
ing the details they have invariably
flown the coop. They, for some rea-
son, are chary about getting on the
same platform with him. If they are
finally induced to "toe the mark
and one of the meetings is given to
Dawson the speakers will be greeted
by record breaking crowd from all
over this section.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-07-02
LADIESI SECRET. TO
DARKEN GRAY HAIR
Bring Back its Color and Lustre
with Grandma's Sage
Tea Recipe.

Common garden sage brewed into a
heavy tea, with sulphur and alcohol
added, will turn gray, streaked and
faded hair beautifully dark and lux
uriant. Mixing the Sage Tea and Sui
phur recipe at home, though, is
troublesome. An easier way is to get
the ready-to-use preparation improved
by the addition of other ingredients
a large bottle, at little cost, at drug
stores, known as "Wyeth's Sage and
Sulphur Compound" thus avoiding a
lot of muss.
While gray, faded hair is not sinful,
we all desire to retain our youthful
appearance and attractiveness. BY
darkening your hair with Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur Compound, no one
can tell, because it does 1t so natural
ly, so evenly. You just dampen a
sponge or soft brush with IL and draw
this through your hair, taking one
small strand at a time; by morning
all gray hairs have disappeared. After
another application or two your hair
becomes beautifully dark, glossy, soft
and luxuriant and you appear years
younger. Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur
Compound is a delightful toilet requi-
site. at is not intended for the cure
migitation or prevention of disease.