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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-30
Another Candidate

Dear Socrates-As a patron OF your col
umn | have read with interest concerning
the contest between Louis Eilshemius and
Dove Dulcet. | desire to enter the lists
and can no longer remain ! fivyer to
blush unseen. ] therefore submit the fol-
lowing poem. SQUEAK McSTRANEY.
The Fahrenheit Poet.
The Old Whisky Still
The old whisky still on the top Of the Hill:
| never forget it, and never I will.
1t brings back 10 M
Old days full Of gle,
For | loved in my boyhood ne old whisky
still.
The still is now still. and with tears nv
eyes fill
AS ! gaze with regret on the top of the hill
As days come and 60
More and more do | know
That the old whisky still on the hill is
still still.
The still is still still on the top Of the hill.
But its spirits | love and forever I will
It's many a year
Since I drank any beer
And / love in my manhood the old whisky
still.
SQUEAKY McSTRAVEY.
Why is it that many a man otherwise
totally honest never hesitates to commit
larceny where books are concerned?
Who steals my purse steals trash
land darned little of i)
But he who swipes my books
Steals that which not enriches him
And leaves me poor indeed.
SOCRATES.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-30
MEMORIAL r

NARBERTH has adopted in a modified
n form the plan OF honoring its soldiers
suggested by A correspondent Of this news.
paper. who proposed that a memorial tree
pe planted in Broad street fer every Phila.
delphia soldier who falls in the war.
Narberth has set out planting a tree
sfor every man who has gone into rhe
army, the navy or the marine corps from
inc borough. A beginning has been made
With four trees. one for the first man 10
enlist IN each of the three branches of the
service and one for the first man to be
killed.
me plan is good. 1t keeps green the
memory Of worthy Americans. Ii also
keeps before each Of those who return the
xample Of a tree which grows with the
years and extends its protecting shade
over the weary in the heat of the day
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-30
FACING THE EAST

vINHE good Mussulman faces toward
Mecca when he prays.
1ae. Baltimore Liberty Loan committee
Sed every one in the city to rise to his
Ast at 9 o'clock Saturday morning and
race the east to honor the American sol.
diers in France.
Why not combine the Baltimore plan
with the Mussulman practice. and every
person every morning when he rises face
The east and pray for the victory Of the
american soldiers and their allies fighting
fPr the triumph of those principles on
(Which our civilization rests?
j6f
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-30

In view Of history's repetition habit il
agreeabiy occurs to us that when Louis XVI
fed TO Varennes. from which the Germans
have been ousted, he was brought back a
prisoner.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-30

"h'r W '" "'ttf'I
THEY think of us soldiers as heroes
l. And praise our names to the skies:
They have tears for the one who is
wounded,
And prayers for the one who dies.
They write songs of our pals and our
sweethearts,
And Mothers so brave and sad;
But name a great singer or poet
Who's mentioned a word cbout Dad.
Poor Dad with his check-book and troubles,
He hasn't a look-in at all
It's Mother and pal and sweetheart
And Sammy who answered the call.
But Dad must be thinking and working
In a store, or mine, or a mill.
To get the old round iron dollars
To pay the big family bill.
He buys the new bonds by the dozen,
Though his shoes are run down at the
heels
And his orercoats old and looks shabby,
But you never hear old Daddy soueal.
He doesn't write much Of a letter
To his boy who is going to France.
But sends him a crisp five or ten-spot
Whenever he has a good chance;
And evenings when reading his paper,
And smoking his pipe or cigar.
He thinks of his boy clad in khaki
Says. Il hope it is well where you are"
Now | think just a lot of my Mother,
She's written each day I've been gone;
AND my pals and my friends and nv
sweetheart
Have all helped to cheer me along;
But my Dad is as good and as human.
And sometimes ! certainly feel
That as my Dad has to pay and work every
day,
don't think he gets a square deal.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-30
PRESIDENTIAL "sLANGn

THE most vivid English is often the most
l. c%olloquial. the most idiomatic. Few
passages, therefore. in President Wilson's
New York address surpassed in expressive
vigor the one in which he proclaimed his
stand for "a justice that plays no favor.
ties"
Bern OF the race track, the phrase has
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-30

The patriotic University Of Pennsylvania
might consider remaining its famous college
song The Red. White and Blue"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-30

The German Chancel-
sincere flsttsry lor promises some re-
forming, but the Ger
man generals. busy as embarrassed beavers
in resrranging their lines after Civilizations
cyclones, seem to have anticipated him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-30

The French are rum
Hun soup ming true to form in
Also Brewing taking Navsrin. which
happens to be good
restaurantese for mutton stew, and follow
ing IL up with the capture Of Somme-Py.
The righteous cannot be kept from their
desserts.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-30

In .coslless northern Philadelphia il
would be quite delightful to have angels
rush in where fuels haven't dared to tread.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-30

The present advantage in the Bulgarian
detection. aside from its immense moral
effect on Germany. is the great wedge
driven through Hun dominion in Eastern
'rroue. Turkey is isolated and word
~. already reached the camps of liberty
49, rhn has threatened to withdraw from
the war unless funds. huge treasure
chests of baksheesh, are promptly dis
patched from Berlin to Constantinople.
The prospect of only a two-headed mon
ster with one of its threats quivering to
renew peace whines is imminent in the
trays cockpit.
The wal is cracking up. Forecasters Of
what is directly ahead Of US are engaged
~ 4 brcathless struggle to keep up with
current events. It is possible. however,
TO interpret the salient cause of its disin-
~tegration. The explanation is America,
Until we entered the conflict Germany
was enabled to dispatch re-enforcements
to any critical front. The war was like a
seesaw in which the ksiser's men were
employed to restore the balance. Amer
lea now sits on one end of the board. The
teetering has ceased. Bulgaria was
thrown off in the sudden jerk. Turkey
will probably follow suit. The Hun game
of transferring troops from one portion
of his huge battleline to another is at an
end.
Every one of the Kaiser's Vear;ed
fighters is needed today in France. That
he is facing a hopeless contest there is
evidenced in the crumbling of the linden
burg line within the past week. The col
lapse of Bulgaria permits the death
struggle to become fully oriented at last.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-30

q The p. II T, will have to go some to
keep up with Foch's execution of the skip
stop system.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-30

English Barrage Is Fearful says a
headline. Less so. however, than the Hun
who has 10 face it.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-30

Milton should They also Serb who
Have Said II Thus; only stand and hate (!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-30

Make it q case of General rershine for
overseas work and General Subscription here
at home.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-30

Even the most unimasinative business
man will tell you that the Liberty Bond
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-30

Notwithstanding that
True. the ermsn have
Quite True! sought 10 claim Shake
speare and many other
world figures as their own, they will probably
lay off He discovered something
that they wish he hadn't.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-30

The Mayors advice to Gudehus TO stick
fast seems rather supernuous. He's already
stuck.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-30
License Granted .

Now, IL ever, il seems
License Granted! permissible 10 describe
Bulgaria, whose plea
for German troops was disregarded, as
unwept, unhonored and un-Hunned.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-30
ONE HEAD IN THE BASKET
The Decapitation Of Bulgaria Brings Tri'
umphantly Nearer the Death Of
tho Whole Hydra
A QUADRUPLE-HEADED monster no

! A Observation-Disclosures monster no
longer defcs civilization.
The decapitation of a particularly des-
picable quarter of the hydra's anatomy
has taken place in the headquarters of
General Franchet D'Esperey, who has
brought Bulgaria to her knees with a
speed surprising the much-vaunted Prus-
sian pace that humbled Austria at Sa-
dowa in 1866 after a campaign of seven
weeks.
1t is less than eight weeks since Cen
eral D'Esperey took command of the AL
lied forces at Salonica, less than a month
since he began the terrific series of Mace
DOMAIN battles which has hurtled Bulgaria
out of the war.
The terms of the armistice announced
today cover the Balkan situation with
cutting completeness. BY this incisivc
document, Gear Ferdinand pledges him
self to withdraw all his armies from for
eign soils. to demobilize his troops at
home. to break utterly any alliance with
Germany. Austria or Turkey, and to per-
init to the Allies free access through
Bulgaria.
The principle of unconditional and inn
mediate surrender. immortalized by Grant
at Fort Donelson. is here once more
invoked as the standard of victory. lf
Bulgaria chooses to regard the Allies
stipulations as telms, she is welcome to
he deIusion. The league of freedom is
under no such misapprehension. Com
prehensivc submission, the inevitable
fate of the traitor, is the keynote of
the negotiations which have reduced the
Central Powers to a triple alliance.
Bulgaria's plight evokes not a spark
of sympathy from decent liberty-loving
peoples. For the last five years her ma
tional morale has been the lowest of any
country on this war-scarred ball. Ger
many has been true to her detestable de-
signs. But Ferdinand conducted a pawn
shop in the Balkans, changing sides and
driving new nefarious bargains when
ever the prospect Of good pay was held
out. He quits "cold" today simply and
solely because he staked his chances on
the losing side. His mercenary motives
are precisely the same as those which i'm
PEELED him to betray his former allies,
Serbia and Greece, in 1918. Germany
capitalized his penchant for treachery a
year later.
The Allies are now determined to exact
the full penalty. The surrender Of Bull
garia is the result of a clean and sweep
ing military triumph. Its military profits
arc Just now the Allies prime concern.
Encouragement Of Balkan nationalities is
a matter for determination at the final
general peace conference, whose advent
grows daily nearer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-30

Make it an sd lib, -erty loan.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-30

It's now up to the German censorship
suppress the calendar. II proclaims fall
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-30
A LOTTERY THAT CAN'T BE LOST

1IHE great drawing of draft capsules
which will take place in Washington
today is only specifically a lottery. Its
ultimate consequences are booked by DIES.
tiny. The potential energy synlbolized by
the little paper slips in the already his
toric glass bowl would impress any sane
nation. But as the one which still dis
credits facts is mad, the game goes on.
utilizing the machinery of chance in a
game whose issue is a predicated certainty.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-30

Z. The Spanish sneeze seems to be az dam
gerous as the Spanish walk is difficult,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-30
TO Dali

TThe tollo,cing poem aras Enclosed IN
a letter sent by Corporal s. Norman
Perry, 1890 West TiOgd street, O marine
in the run Regiment, FOrty-tfth Com
pdny, Who obtained il from a mortaliy
1counded soldier occupying a bed merit to
his in a hospital in France. UnJortun-
dtciy Corporal Perry did not 0irc the
name of the ~1critcr.1
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-30

Germany tries to beat the band. but her
vain efforts only demonstrate how tightly il
is bound about her.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-30

Hindenburs may begin to worry lest his
kriemhild line should curdle.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-12-28
"OH, BABY" KEEPS
AUDIENCE ALERT
One Swirl OF Spirited Vaudeville, An,
other and Another

Under the above caption the
Charlestown News-Courier of recent
date has the following to say of ooh
Baby" which comes to the Auditorium
on Thursday, January q.
ooh, Baby?' Oh, Boy! One swirl o;
spirited vaudeville, another. and an
other--that's "Oh, Baby" which opeit-
ed an engagement at the Academy OF
Music last night. From the view
point of the audience, 1t was CAPT.
tai show and from the viewpoint of
the management 1t was a capital au-
dience, many men standing because
the supply of seats had given out i,
Certainly, Mr.. Samuel s.. Matthews,
the new manager of the theater, could
not ask for a more propitious open>
ing. Everybody appeared to be in a
Eumor for an entertainment OF the
sort and everybody appeared to give
evidence of enthusiasm.
Mr.. A. b. Marcus. the man who
owns the attraction, has gathered to-
gether in one company all the con-
com:tants of 8 superior vaudeville, or
musical comedy. Cooperation, coordi-
nation and coincidence are clearly ex,
hibited and everybody in the company
from the featured comedian, Mike
Sacks, to the little chorus girl with
the wavr i''n>'"s cu~'e Is sct:ve and
alert all the time. Attention is not
permitted to flag. The whole thing
is swirl and a whirl. These phrases
may sound exaggerated. but such hap
pens not to be the case. The Marcus
company performs, as the musician
would say, con amore and accele-ando
A youthful, vibrant, exurheran,
chorus stands out In "0h. Baby" And
this well-scheoled chorus Is well
dressed. Naturally. some features
catch the favor of the audiences more
than others For instance. the dainty
little peach blossom of a blonde. who
sang, In the audience. the refrain to
a telephone Jingle and later asked
young men TO come into her love net,
is entitled to honeyed phrases. Then,
too, the ingenue Of the organization Is
winsome and agile, Again. the little
lass who does the aerohatic. athletic
dance while the orchestra aceelerates
houyant sousa march earns hearty
applause. Two wipged-goos vounp
women. dancing IN the etvis ard af-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-12-28
WAR POLICY

As patriotic American business
concern our firm endeavored to CO.
operate in every possible way to the
winning Of the war. This meant COM
plying with every government re-
quest. 1t meant restricting the use of
raw materials, lead, tin, brass, copper,
nickel, steel and other materials vital
to the conduct of our business. II
meant the elimination of some of our
former service. II meant the releas-
Ing Of our employees for war service,
and war industries. 1t meant the
constant reorganization of our shop
employees and changing and breaking
in new men, Freight embargoes, ex-
press congestion, inability Of factories
to fill our orders, delays of weeks in
getting material made service q diff
cult and at time impossible accom-
plishment,
The conditions were accepted by us
as part to win the war and we be-
lieve were accepted by our customers
in the same light. We thank our Gus
toners for their indulgence during
that strenuous period. With the pass
ing Of 1918 goes autocracy, Kaiser
Bill, freight embargoes, war restric
tions, and with the dawn OF 1918
comes peace and the return to peace
full occupations, and ushers in our
PEACE POLICY
which means our old-time service
spelled in big letters SERVICE,
all that the name implies. It means
the best equipped storage battery shop
In Florida, with factory trained ex-
perts using factory methods and off,
cially representing the worlds big
gest storage battery manufacturer,
WILLARD" It means a completet
stock of new batteries, OF repair parts,
rental batteries the ability to furnish
you new battery, repair your old
one, recharge 1t, and keep your car
going while we do Il.
It means that Pinch Company o.
Lakeland, the special representatives
for the Willard Storage Battery Co.
can take care of you right away, right
now. in the right var. $3.50
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-12-28

ter the manner Of Miss 1sadorc Dun.
can, barefooted, with diaphanous gar,
ments' floating, the rhythmic strains of
"a Strauss Blue Danube waltz being
heard the while, should surely be en-
.,couraged. A vivacious quartet Of
girls, vivaciously dressed in conven-
tional girlish military uniforms,
danced merrily to the tune of tie Irv-
ing Berlin reveille song.
It is frankly girl-and-music show
of the vaudeville type and it is brim-
ming with specialtites, having ahso,
lutely no need for any kind Of plot
Songs, dances and dialogues are pre-
scented with regard to sequence, but
II is a winner In its particular class
Mr.. Sacks is featured, but his male
and female associates are entitled tn
abundant credit for the atmosphere OF
the enterprise. 1t is patent that the
person who directs he organization is
is keeping it keyed up and that no lag-
ging is accelerated.
ooh, Baby" will be repeated to-
night and tomorrow night. Thursday,
Friday and Saturday with matinees
Thursday and Saturday, the same
spirited company will be presented ir
MY Pretty Butterfly" which the mar.
agement declares to be a mirthfui and
tuneful arrangement.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-12-28
n. c. PETTEWAY GOES
TO PLANT CITY

Attorney H. c. Petteway, who
closed his offices at Lakeland some
time ago and went to Blue Ridge, NJ
G., to train for Y. M. C. A. service in
Siberia, has been discharged, the en-
tire class for the proposed Y. M. C.
A. expedition to Russia having been
released. Attorney Petteway has
entered into the practice of law with
his brother-in-law, Attorney Edw. P
Martin, the style of the co-partner.
ship being Martin & Petteway. They
nave offices in the Hillsboro Bank
building, where Attorney Martin has
been located.
Attorney Petteway is a graduate
OF the College of Law, University OF
Florida, and also of Columbia Uni,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-12-28
Improvements


improvements
On ~ is large club boat house. ar
/ and 2 t1o0xle5) 10 a cottage With
bed rooms, dining room, cook room
pnatry and bath room. A large elosed
hall with freplace) between bed
rooms. Another fireplace In oua O.
the bed rooms. Two large closets and
one small one. From. and rear veran
das. Good arrangements for the care
of SO chickens. Plenty OF city water
Fruit Trees
Oranges, "a; peaches. S: lines. s.
spmquats. :; Thomas Grapes, Q: Run
sian mulherries, 2, and guavaA, "a
Most Of these have borne two crops
Have never had serious loss by frost
Terms: $4,000 cash. or. II desired
5000 cash on immediateposse ssIon ant
s1,lOo April |, 1919 at per cent IN
terest. Title good. II not sold !,
80 days price will 20 ap.
Apply to ], A. cox Owner,
Corner Garden 81, and \. Iowa Ava.
5000 Lakeland. Fls.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-12-28

versity, New York. At Lakeland he
was associated with Attorney ]. H.
Peterson, who entered the service OF
tn Navy early in the war-Plant City
Courier.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-12-28
HONOR roll AND
PROMOTED PUPILS

g.
CONTINUED from Page y
Laurine Cason.
Amera Cason.
Margaret Stevens.
David SwindeIl.
(Above Averags.)
Albert Ballard.
Louise Ballard.
Gladys Baldwin.
Clarence Barber.
Grace Bell.
Frances Boring.
Wanita Dean. c
Martha Mae English.
Priscilla Gould.
Nebit Granada.
Robert Granting.
Louise Harnley.
Crosby Johnson.
Ware Jordan.
Willard McGinnis.
Aline Moon.
Eugene Reynolds.
John Rhoades. III
Wilbur Riddle.
Irma Sanford.
L. r. Shirah.
Ruth Stone.
Elsiemae Warner.
Roy Epson.
GRADE III-N
(Honor Roll.)
Louise Van Landingham.
Delma Hathcox.
Ellaree Robbins.
Owen Caldwell.
Randolph Rushing.
David Murrell.
Vannie Taylor.
Elimina Morrison.
Allen Smith.
James Pope.
(Above Average.)
Marjorie Williams.
j. J. Rhoades.
Kermit Elliott.
Ethel Posey.
Elsie Smith.
GRADE liza
(Honor Roll.)
Doris Pade.
Irene Convey.
Stacie Belle Stephens.
Dorothy Tannehill.
Carl Anderson.
Ruth Boswell.
Clarice Adair.
Maude Robson.
Ethleen Coleman.
Helen Litchfield.
(Aboye Average.)
Eugene Butler.
Claude Bates.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-12-28

JOIN f1euTy GaTtST.
Mary Louise Ellis.
Ruth Fades. NJ
John Goddard.
Bland Hadsock.
Charles jaeger.
Alice Mae Miller.
l.. p. Nicholson.
Edna Paterson.
Lima Parrish. b
Howell Reddick.
Park Swindell. I,
Marshall Smith.
Mabel Turley.
Mary Louise Wade.
Harriet Whitfield.
Oscar Wolfe.
GRADE lib
(Honor Roll.)
Johnny Bradshaw.
Charles Billie Miller.
Roland Flint.
Donnella Blair.
Stella Edwards.
Maud Taylor.
Stella Mae Colson.
C1aranca Browar
Lois Beasley.
Clyde Surrency.
(Above Average.)
verna Mae Barry.
Leona Hicks.
Mary Lou Logan.
Ray Prescott.
Marvin Hathcox.
Helen Startling.
Tommie Townsend.
GRADE TIC
(Honor Roll.)
Martha Dickinson.
Catherine Chase.
Mary Edna Collier.
Ernest Goodyear.
Elethia HUMPHREYS.
(Above Average.)
Wenonah Bevis.
Thurman Cason.
Harry Duggan.
Katheryn Giddings.
Louise Kibler.
Clifford Livingston.
liberia Marshall.
Sam Mitchell.
Robert Orrell.
Mary Lucille Register.
r. j. Reid.
Floyd Stone.
Edwin Spencer, Jr.
Frances Lee Tiller.
Virginia Warren.
Billy Warren.
GRADE lid
(Honor RolI
Lena Williams.
Rosannah Sherman.
Herbert Phillips.
Cephas Wilson.
Elizabeth Ellis.
(Above Average.)
Lester Chiselbrook.
William DeMilly.
Robert Ivy.
Eleanor Jordan.
Howard Lundy.
Paul Moody.
Jack Pinch.
John Stevens.
Gardner Worden.
School will open January 6, 10
Pupils who are six years Of age
will be six years of age by Janua
6, 1919, may enroll in the first gra
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-12-28
FOR SALE BY OWNER

Lots ], . and Tia interest in lot Of
in Lake Parker Club Addition 10 Lake
land, Fla. as3
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-10-31

London. Oct. 81 The peace note
from Turkey t. the Allied nations had
not reached here up ~ this time. but j.
momcntarily expected by all of the Al-
lied governments, says the London Da' IN
Express. The Allies will demand the com-
complete and unconditional surrender. /.
In order 70 insure the complete com
piancc with their demands on the port
of Turkey the Allies Will also demand
thot the Turk N government permit the
Allied fleca no poS~ the Dar'lanelles and
rFat an adequate force BE- landed On Tur-
kish soil Turkey must also deliver Ger
tain persons who are accused of di>re-
garding the ru'eS of civilized warfare.
These individuals will be tried and If
found guilty viii il pun she'd ~ the AT
lied court marital may decree.