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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-25
LIVINGSTON

Livingston. April 24.-(Special.)-U. S. Senator Oscar Underwood has accepted the invitation extended by the Daugh7 ters of the Confederacy to deliver the memorial address at Livingston Sunday afternoon. April 27th, when the graves of the Confederate dead will be decorated.
 Senator Underwood is very popular in Sumter county and his host of friends will be delighted to see him on this peau- tiful occasion.
 Strawberries are being shipped by the ear load from York and Cuba. The crop is little short but the quality is excel lent.
 The good weather is giving the farmers
 <o oa tct, m with their r1a n fin r
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I.iyerpool Cotton

New York. April 24.-Spot cotton quiet; middling, 28.SOc.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-11

believes 1t is possible to go into a mans
office, fix a steely eye OF him and get
an order while the man Is under ''the
influence" is too simple minded to
make a god salesman. There's no hocus-
pocus about selling. 1t is merely a
common sense matter-just a question
of supplying to people goods that they
need or want. To get a man to buy
goods under false pr~etenses, or by mes
merism, which Incidentally I do not
believe could possibly be done, Is not
craftsmanship, but fimflam.
Why do department stores give more at
t eTstSmer fG charge customers than h. K K. cash
No sensible department store desires
to give any one class of customer pref
erence. Unfortunately s~alespeople some
times give charge customers preference
because they feel that if they don't do
so complaint will be lodged against
them. Whereas, they look upon the
cash customer only as a casual one.
This attitude is wrong and the cash
customers themselves are to blame for
not being more insistent on their rights.
Do balins machines pay for tSsmsslys''
That depends on how much waste
paper you have. The ordinary retail
store generally has enough waste to
make the investment In a baler
profitable.
CONTINUED TOMORROW
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-11
IN. M. NJ" Answering Critics,
Insists Tanner Did WrOnq
Author Of Letter to Euening Public Ledger Says Man Who Died
With Wife Should Haze Saved Himself for Sake of Children

M. NJ. NJ" target Of scores Of In
dignant writer's who have written let
ters to the EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER
because he denied that William Tanner,
of Hubbards Woods, H., was a hero,
refuses to be buried beneath the va
lanche of scorn his opinion has brought
upon him. A letter was received from
him today, in which he insists that he
was right in saying that Tanner neg
lected a solemn duty to his three chill
dren when he allowed himself to be
crushed to death by a train after fail
ing to rescue his wife from the railroad
track. He says:
To tho Editor o, Ev.ntnoeruon Ledger,
Sir-Hard words prove nothing.
Those who have pointed to me as the
coward because ! said it was cowardly
for Tanner to act as he did and leave
three children TO face possible want,
are carried away by admiration FOR an
act which, OF the surface, looks splen-
did, But what is real courage? Is it
doing the thing which is sure of ap-
plause or doing the thing that is right?
Tanner would have done the thing that
was right had be struggled to the last
moment to save his wife. 1t would
have been brave had he, after risking
his life, jumped aside and lived to take
care of his children. Tanner selfishly
forgot a solemn duty to his children. He
was not a real hero.
No real hero does a periIous act
without hope of achieving something.
A soldier in battle goes on a desperate
mission hoping to succeed, though ready
to die. A fireman rushes into a burning
building, hoping to save the imperiled
ones inside and live, but ready to die.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-11

"Be careful Of my violin" cried
Billy to Rollo. please give 1t back to
me-"
"No, no; don't give It to him or he
will play that sad, sad music again."
hooted Judge Owl. "No, no !" screech-
ed the birds. mo, no! !" howled the
animals.
"Ill not play sad music" promised
Billy. "I'm glad to be out from under
the spell. I'm glad Penelope is with us
again, and I want to help to make her
glad. I'm glad Of a chance to show
the sad musician that glad music is
better than sad music. I'm glad, glad,
and I want to play my gladness."
"Hoo! Hoo! It's too big a risk !"
hooted Judge Owl. But now Ttollo de-
cided the matter himself. He hurled
one Of the violins out Of the tree, and
if Billy hadn't been a good catcher it
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-11
DREAMLAND ADVENTURES-BuD
THE MAGIC VIOLIN"

might have been smashed. As it was,
Billy caught it safely, and in another
moment was drawing his bow across its
strings.
why, it's the sad, sad violin,' he
called out. Wen see if it can play
glad music"
mo, don't you dare play my violin"
cried the sad musician from the tree,
but Billy was already started on a jolly,
rollickey tune.
And as soon as, they heard the tune
the fears of the birds and animals van
ished, the disguised looks caused by the
sad music fed, and soon every one was
gay and frollicky. Penelope ceased her
weeping and began to laugh and play
as hard as the rest. Billy switched into
a lively dance, and every one began
to jig and clog and prance about. 1t
seemed that the violin was just as pow
erful in making persons happy as it
was in making them sad. It all de-
pended upon the mood of the player.
1t even had this effect upon the sad
player himself. He began to hop up and
down In the tree in which Johnny Bull
held him prisoner. AS Johnny danced
around the foot Of the tree in a funny
dog dance, the young musician danced
just as funny a dance high up or a
swaying limb.
Look! Look 7" exclaimed Penelope,
stopping her dancing a moment, seising
Peggy by the arm and pointing up into
the tree. 1.-THE young player is really
handsome. See him smile. Isn't he
wonderful !"
(Tomorroto ,oiI be told hoD more
popers Of the magic violin are re-
Vedled.)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-11

THIS is n true story of how a mean
l. spirited, yellow sneak got hoisted on
his own petard.
The fellow was Unfortunately jealous
of the Office manager who fatty refused
to promote except by merit. It vas a
huge organization. several hundred
people being under the charge of the
Office manager.
This yellow peril" had tried to lick
spittle himself into favor, but soon
found that there was nothing doing in
that direction. Then the spirit Of re-
venge obsessed the poor simp-excuse
my free use Of slang, but it's a shame
to waste decent words on some people.
He decided to get" the Office manager.
Naturally, in an organization of this
size. there are bound to be some workers
who are dislikcd and some who are
popular. Our yellow peril got
friendly with a small group of knockers
and learned from them of their griev-
ances against the Office manager.
Then he sent in a written complaint
on the Office manager to the president
of the company. He wordcd his letter
skillfully. implying that he dare not
mention names, for if he did he would be
fired by the spiteful Office manager. His
complaint referred, not to himself. but
to another fellow who had got in bad
over a trlfe. He wrote the letter on a
typewriter, but did not sign it-yes,
You're right; it was an anonymous let
ter.
The president read the letter and
passed it on to the Office manager with
the comment. This might interest
you"
Now the Office manager felt mad.
He knew he was right and fair in his
treatment of the help-and the con
temptible cowardice OF an anonymous
letter CALLED him.
A few days afterward a second let
reached the presidcnt-again anony-
mous. of course. and offering another
case Of complaint against the Office
manager.
This letter was treated like the first.
Then letters began to come every two
or three days. and the president be-
came amazed at the !impertinence of the
anonymous writer. SO he sent for the
Office manager and said:
Joe. this thing has one far enough.
or course, we know you and there's
not a question OF your work. you under
stand, but you've got to find put who
is doing this. Now go to it :"
Well. the office manager returned to
his Office and carefully read all the
letters which he had kept. A close
scrutiny Of the typewriting showed that
the "w" was slightly out of alignment
and that the "g" was chipped.
"Ry George" he exclaimed. "if !
can find the typewriter that has n
crooked W. and a Clipped c. I
might locate the fellow"
II was n tedious job. for he had to
work warily. Every night he spent an
hour trying out typewriter after type
writer. Finally his efforts were re-
warded and he found the machine in
the shipping office. There were four
young men In that Office and the writer
of the ANONYMOUS letters was one of
those four. He suspected one man with
whom he'd had some trouble. so he
transferred that man to a different de-
partment and then waited to see what
would happen.
! In three days another anonymous let
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-11
COPYRIGHT. 1919, By h Reilly d Lee Co
THIS STARTS THE STORY

10 Gary. n young %ranChman, IN
ployed at Top Till Tavern, n ranch
belonging to n Mr.. Kingdom in n
western state. takes n business trip
to Chicago. There he meets at n
dance Il young girl who calls herself
Marta" They fail in love with
each other, but Marta refuses to
marry him. She confcsses that she
Is a thief and suddenly disappears
after leaving a note for him that she
Is going to try to make good. 10
returns to the ranch where he is
met by another cmplOyc named kurt
Walters. to whom he cOntidCs his OK
periences while away. Kurt advises
him against any further thought of the
girl, but 10 is confident she will again
come to him. Kurt. who is acting
sheriff of tho county. learns from
Bender. the %iailcr. that n young
woman from Chicago has been ar
rested for stealing and is in the jail.
Her name is Marta Stills. Kurt OBJ
tains Marta's release from sender
and takes her in an automobile up
the trail to the Kingdom ranch. He
tells her he is taking her to the best
woman in the world. where she may
learn to be honest. Marta tells Kurt
that her rca! name is Penelope La
mont and that she is called Penny
for short. She meets Mrs. Kingdom,
who receives hcr with tenderness dc
spite her admission that sh" Is a
4. ~ - ....t 1,,N frnttN
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W HCH sotttU DBtUtuW SCtS uUOHJ
turning a sad violin player into a glad
player, he is caught By the spell Of
the sad music. Rollo, tho monkey,
breaks the spell BY stealing Biiv's
rtoltn and that Of the player.)
The Sad Violin Becomes Glad
THE sad musician showed himself a
real runner as he fed from the
hungry jaws of Johnny Bull, the dog,
And it was a good thing for him that
his own legs we're long and Johnny
Bulls were short or he might have lost
part of the trousers that Johnny Bull
was trying so eagerly to grab. AS it
was, he kept just out of reach of
%Johnny's grip until he came to a tall
pine tree at the edge Of the council
hall. and he went up that pine so fast
that Johnny got only the toe of his
shoe.
Balky Sam carried Billy Belgium
straight to the council hall, and there
Peggy and Penelope found him when
they came running up n few minutes
later. To their happy surprise, they
saw that Billy had come out from under
the spell of the sad, sad VIOLIN In
stead of being sour and disagreeable
looking he was already laughing with
Balky Sam over the way in which the
army mule had kidnapped him, and he
didn't seem to feel a bit angry be-
cause Billy Goat had butted him.
Rollo, the monkey, was also at the
council ball, but safely up a tree, where
he Rugged tightly the violins he had
grabbed from Billy and the sad mu-
sicinn
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-11

A man Jumps into a river to save a
child, hoping to swim ashore again, but
ready to die. There is no heroism in
unnecessary death NJ. NJ. NJ.
Donald NJ. Galley has sent the fol-
lowing verses on the death Of William
Tanner:
H HERITAGE
Some story. old-timer. that death at the
She with her foot in the jamb of the fres.
The shrek Of the engine. the onrushing
THO face Of the driver .-st.r. IN the fog.
You can feel 1t yourself. the sult Of grim
That shut out the world for a fraction of
You can hear the ehoked sob as his arm
girl o. mine!' ~
does mot matter.
His was the post q the ultimate need,
He left them q heritage surer than steel
Just the blood from the veins OF q chivsI-
DONALD NJ. GALLEY.
A former associate of Mr.. Tanner,
George F. Somers, auditor of the Com
mercial Casualty Company, at New
"iht 49, ~ VIM 10 III L nlldutlDuid luz
ing the Masonic conclave, sent the fol-
lowing tribute to Mr.. Tanner:
To the Editor Of Evening Public Ledger:
SRI have been very much inter-
ested in the various opinions appearing
in your column regarding William
Tanners stand in sacrificing his life
when he found it impossible to save
his wife's life.
I would like to state through your
valuable paper that / knew both Mr..
and Mrs. Tanner for seventeen years,
although ! have not seen them for
about nine years, when Mr.. Tanner
was promoted to the position of cashier
by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company, at Chicago, Ill.
In expressing my opinion, I speak
of Mr.. Tanner as / found him during.
my eight years as an accountant for
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany at New York city, where Mr..
Tanner was employed as assistant
cashier.
Bill, as we called him, was white
through and through. A better friend
no man could have. He might have
been impulslve and thrown his M
away, but who has a right to question
what he did on that fatal day?
He was never known to desert
friend he would stick by them IN
strife, 50 why, condemn him now, INV
friends for sticking by his wife.
GEORGE r. SoMERs.
Newark, N. j.
H. HN 4
To the Editor o. the Evsntn5 RubuS E.ao.,,
sir-Men like William Tanner make
this a better world In which 10 live.
We cannot spare such men, and vet
we need such examples of love, LOYALTY
and devotion, His death will inspire
others to noble effort. Few men ara
brave and good enough to give lifs
for another, but, knowing that such 4
knightly man has lived, they will try
In their humble way 10 be like him
not to die, as he did, but to be lloyd
and true, as 1t is possible for tasn
to be. h JQ
"rN- r-" - ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-11

A man Jumps into a river to save a
child, hoping to swim ashore again, but
ready to die. There is no heroism in
unnecessary death NJ. NJ. NJ.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-11

(Tomorrop ,oiH be told hoU o
popers Of the magic violin are re-
Vedled.)
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Readers Questions Answered

Mr.. Whitehead ,oiH dnsper in hi,
column questions on marketing, buying,
selling, advertising, letter ,oritingN bust
ness education, aud on matters pertain
ing TO the choice of q location. An
questions tUiU be dnstocred in the order
of receipt. No anonymous correspon-
dence eau be Acknowledged. Readers
initials only ,ciU be published. 1t Uill
take from four to ftteen> days for a
reply 10 appear.
Would It help a salesman 10 study mes
merism? @. w. II.
Heaven forbid The salesman who
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ter came to the president. As soon as
the office manager saw it he exclaimed,
II know the writer" for the "w'
was straight and the "'g' was whole.
Then and there the man was sent
for and quietly asked why he didn't
sign his letters. He clustered and pro
tested, but of course, being yellow, he
soon broke down.
He was fired there and then, not for
making complaints, however, but for
being a writer of anonymous letters,
and for being an underhand sneak.
I'm glad this happened, but then II
always does happen that way. The
knocker gets his" sooner or later, but
the anonymous knocker "gets his hard
and swift some time.
Gee! how ] hate the knocker.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-09-04
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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-09-04

An old landmark is disappear
ing with the razing of the sheds
and buildings where was once the
prosperous bottling, wood and
concrete block business of the late
lamented Clayton l.. Porter, on
Taylor street. But the buildings
had become unslightly with the
ravages of time, and their removal
will greatly improve appearances
in that immediate vicinity.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-09-04
Sheriff's Monthly Report

AT the meeting of the county
commissioners Monday, j. Leslie
Dishong, sheriff, presented the
following report Of the criminal
business transacted through his
office during the month of Aug
uSt:
Drunkenness 9 cases, selling
liquor |, manufacturing liquor l,
profanity 3, petit larceny 5, ag-
gravated assault t, vagrancy 9,
threatening to do bodily harm to
another 4, concealed weapons 3,
assault and battery 2, forn1ca-
ton 2, breaking and entering l,
murder l, grand larceny 2, inSan-
ity 3, violating auto laws l, cruel
ty to children l, cutting fence S
Total SO cases.
Pleaded guilty "a, found guilty
7, bound over to court IS, found
not guilty 2, discharged 2-TotaI
SO.
Cash fines and costs collected
during August $3.50.
Fines and costs bonds on hand
1868 40.
Prisoners on roads today 81.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-09-04
Roosevelt Memorial Campaign

Immediately after the death of
Theodore Roosevelt, there sprang
up all over the country a demand
for memorial to this ardent pat
riot and great man. 1t seemed
to be the opinion of people Of
every class and interest that while
his place in history was assured,
and his place in the hearts of his
countrymen could never be lost,
there should be erected, without
loss of time, memorial to express
the affection in which he was held
and to perpetuate for the benefit
of future generations the ideas
and ideals for which he stood.
The result of this demand was
the formation of the Roosevelt
Memorial Association, with head
quarters at No. | Madison
Avenue, New York City, a non
partisan organization in the ere
alton OF winch personal friends OF
the late ex-President took the
lead. This association met in
March and decided by formal
vote to conduct a campaign to
raise $1O,OOO,OOO by popular sub
scriptiOn to erect in Washington,
seat Of the Government and scene
of Colonel Roosevelt'S most i'm
portant labor for the public good,
a national memorial monument;
and to create at Oyster Bay, his
home for so many years, a park
which may ultimately include his
estate of Sycamore Hill, to be
preserved like Mount Vernon and
the Lincoln home at Springfield.
Florida Grower.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-09-04
INTERESTING LOCAL NOTES
From Charlotte Harbor and Har-
Dor View

Harbor View, Sept. Mrs
Rose Dick and daughter, Miss
Maud left last Saturday morning
for their home in Texas, after
spending the summer with rela-
tiveS here. This is Miss Dick s first
visit to Florida since she was a
little girl, and she expressed her.
self as delighted with the climate,
the people and the bay. She says
she is certainly coming back some
time. Mrs. Dick came partially
because she improved so in health
while here last summer and her
gain in weight and health has
made her really enthusiastic over
Florida. We all hope to see both
Mrs. and Miss Dick again next
summer.
Many of her young friends met
Friday evening after church, and
spent an hour or two with her and
to tell her goodbye. A party
had been planned for her on Sat
urday evening, but, because of
threatened trouble with trains
and fearing delays therefrom
they had to leave Saturday in
stead of Monday, as they had
planned.
Miss Virginia Nelson went to
Arcadia last Friday, returning
that night.
Rev. R. Y. walden returned
Monday morning, from a three
weeks series of meetings at diff
ferent places.
Frank VALDEZ left Friday, after
a visit to his mother here.
Mrs. E. c. McMullen and child
rem have moved to Charlotte Har-
Dor to be near the school She is
in the COram house.
Mrs. will Guthrie is teaching at
,Popash, Miss Elizabeth Coram at
Maud, Miss Nettie Guthrie att
Holzendorf; Miss Elsie Mauck,
near Dorr Field; Miss Mary Hag-
an at Ona; Miss Corrinc Sias
leaves this week for Orlando toI
begin her school next week, out in |
the country from Orlando.
Miss Bertha Hagan will go to
Torrey, Sunday, and begin teach
ing the school there on MOnady.
Mrs. H. l.. Curry is quite sick
this week.
The Junior High School opened |
Monday morning with a fine at |
tendance and Prof. J. L. Chandler
as principal, Mrs. Sam Knight
teaching the intermediate grades,
and Miss Bertha Brown of Wau-
chula, the primary grades.-RE-
PORTER.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Walter A. Kaler
and the formers brother, F. Will
son Kaler, came in Friday from
their homestead, and the two men
during the first part Of the week
devoted themselves to making
preparations for engaging in fish
ing operations down the bay.
They left yesterday for the fish
ing grOuds. Mrs. Kaler remains
here with her father, Mr.. j. J.
Haslett, while Mr.. Kaler is away.
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