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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-13
PROPOSED ROAD AND BRIDGE
DISTRICT, AND THE ROADS 1T
Is PLANNED TO BOND FOR
CONTINUED from Page -


township twenty-seven (27) south,
range twenty four (24) east; all of
township twenty-eight (2S) south,
range twenty three (23) east; and the
west half (1s) of township twenty
eight (2S) south, range twenty four
east, all in Polk county, Florida.
Respectfully petition your honor
able body to constitute the said terri
tory into special road and bridge
district of Polk county, Florida, to be
known as Northwest Polk County
Special Road and Bridge District
No. Three, and to build therein the
following proposed permanent hard
surface asphalt roads, concrete
bridges and culverts, towit:
Road No. beginning at the
northern city limits of Lakeland on
the range line between ranges 20
east and "a east, leading to point
on the same range line at OF abou.
the half section lines passing east
and west through section of town
ship q south.
Road No. beginning at the end
Of Road No. (north end), leading in
an easterly direction through Fox
town to join with Auburndale Dis
trict road.
Road No. 3--Beginning at the north
end of Road No. /, leading in west
erly direction to Socrum.
Road No. beginning at Socrum
and leading in northwesterly direc
ton to Pasco county line at or near
the northwest corner of section 3.
township rs and range %.
Road No. 5-Road leading entirely
around Lake Hollingsworth, except
that portion paved at present, with
branch over present opened roadway
between Lake Hollingsworth and the
Lakeland-Mulberry road.
Bridges-Necessary reinforced con
crete bridges over streams crossed by
above described roads.
Roads No. l to inclusive are to
be 9-foot roads of asphalt or clay
base, or other equally good construc.
ton, with S-foot clay wings on either
side.
Road No, is TO be not less than
Is feet wide, of material as set out
for roads Nos. l to 4, and to have
its edges protected by concrete curbs. |
Necessary pipe drains and other ap-
purtenances are to be provided as the
construction is carried out.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-13
communities, and be it further

Resolved. That we do all in our
power to encourage the sale and dis
tribution of postcards and illustra-
lions showing pure bred hogs. cattle
sheep and other live stock, as a
means Of constructive advertisins o!
the live stock opportunities in this
State.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-13

ponds of this city have been,
ously disappearing, the u
states. The paper expresses
lief that they are being N
slaughtered for food. Tans
Grounewald and on the form
or's game preserves in the i
Potsdam are reported to b
a similar fate.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-13

Florida produces more
cotton-the kind used to ra
and lace material-thaa d
other state.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-13

The amount estimated as being
necessary to build and construct said
proposed roads, bridges and culverts
Is four hundred thousand dollars
($4OO.O0O.0o), and it is to be paid for
by the issue and sale of bonds in the
sum of two hundred thousand dollars
G2oo,Oo0.oO) of the said proposed
Special Road and Bridge District, and
the sum of two hundred thousand dol.
lars t$2oo,o0O.oo) to be paid from the
funds of the county-at-large.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-13
PET SWANS AND DEER
STOLEN FOR FOOD

Berlin, March 12.-Tame swans
which have padded about the park
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-13
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-01
air STATION
ISSUCCES7ED
FOR BIG SHOW
Centennial Committee o f
Twenty-Five Would Ask
Navy Department for Use
of Buildings.

At the Pensacola naval air station
will probably be staged one OF the
greatest n e rn a o expositions
America has ever held. II the city Il
successfui in landing the centennial
celebration the hawai- authorities win be
appealed to IN an effort to have them
turn over the vast resources Of the
yard, valued at several million dollars,
for exposition grounds. This was
tentatively agreed upon when members
of the committee of IS met at the
city hall last night.
Placing OF the naval station on 4
peace-time basis will leave at the pos
sible disposal Of the Florida purchase
commission vast accommodations. Bar
racks and hangers could be filled with
exhibits and the many barracks, ETC.,
which it Is said would perhaps lie idle
during the reconstruction period could
be utilized at a saving of very great
expense for building which would 9TH
erwise have to be constructed. 1t is
believed that the government would
readily assent to placing at the dis
posal of the exposition committee the
resources at its command here.
The proposed site is a particularly
desirable one, It was stated. With
paved roadway from Pensacola TO the
reservation and trolley lines already
laid, part OF the transportation prob
lem is solved. A line of ferries would
be put in operation from Pensacola
to the station in order to accommo-
date an estimated Is per cent. of the
crowds who would seek water trans
portation. Then great naval display.
which the committee has already de-
cided upon az one of the drawing
cards for the centennial could be easily
put on with the yard the site for the
great show Plans for the future in
connection with the centennial. If the
city be chosen. provide for the double
tracking of the line to Flomaton and
OF the Bay Shore route of the Pensa-
cola Electric company. The celebra-
tion would bring also. it Is said. the
resort hotel on. the gulf beach high
way and many additional improve
ments.
With "Pensacola Tor a victory GEN.
the slogan. forces behind the
were optimistic last night
when they heard the report of James
White that the city would finance the
propaganda. An fnspec-
ton of the facilities of the naval air
station and the naming for some par
ticular feature OF the work of the five
members of the committee who viii go
to Jacksonville on September ! to
lay their claims before the purchase
were suggested.
DR.. r. @. Renshaw. chairman of the
special committee Of 100 will call
for early next week when the
Is will make q report and turn further
details OF the work over TO the larger
body.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-01
BUSINESS men
ARE TO BOOST
VOLANTA ROAD
Kiwanians Appoint Special
Committee Put Through
Deal for New Rail Line to
Mobile.

Three Pensacola organizations will
set solidly behind the movement to
place this city and Mobile in direct
communications via yolanta, in Bal
dwin county.
A meeting to boost the Pensacola
Railroad and Navigation company in
this work will be arranged in a short
time with the board of city commits
sioners for the purpose of perfecting
plans to put the deal quickly through.
The seventy-five members of the XII
wants club gave the seal of their ap-
proval to the project at their weekly
meeting and luncheon at Hughey's
James c.. Watson, j. III. Bayliss and j.
cial committee to meet similar commit
tees from the Rotary club and the
chamber of commerce.
Kiwanians will back Rotarians in
their fight to have the city give the
services of a nurse for the proposed
venereal clinic.
DIR. w. c. Dewberry. DIR. ]. c. Bal
dwin, Leslie Partridge. Hamilton Rus
sell, H. w. Gibbs and III. E. Root We're
appointed a committee to take up this
work.
"reminiscences of the recent Mobile
trip were given by Adrian Langford
and w. III. Bradford.
Wayne Thomas, a charter member of
the Tampa Kiwanis club, the first
to be organized in Florida, was pres
ent as a visitor.
President Holsberry drew the "sil-
ent boost"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-01
CUMllIlNCSE
CALLED IN air
CRAFT PROBE
Stands Back of Accusations
Made and Gives Little Sat
isfaction to the Repub1i-
cans.

Washington, July 31-Homer 3.
Cummings, chairman of the democrat
ic national committee. called before
the house subcommittee investfgat-
ing air craft expenditures, to testify
under oath tonight why he perms I'D
a publicity bureau Of his organiza-
tion to brand the proposed committee
trip to the Pacific coast az a tuniet.
took full responsibility for the sta.
ment. He declared this was no. a
circumstance to what would come
later.
From the moment he entered the
committee room and introduced him
self to members demanding explana-
ton. until he went away, Cummingx
continually was smiling. while Chs =
man Frear pounded the table with
great heat and stopped proceedfrgs
to have certain replies stricken from
the record from mock courtesy.
Cummings. turning to the chair.u \
and addressing him ~ my good fell
low. said he knew before he arrived
he would be unable to satisfy the re-
publicans- There were one or two
sharp retorts from Chairman Frear. to
one Of which the witness, lighting a
cigar from another. and still smiling.
declared. my wasn't that delicate
thrust"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-01
Very Few Changes Are
Made in Basal Books-31
Book Companies at Com
mission Meeting.
ROAD DEPARTMENT
ALSO ENDS MEETING
Pensacola Jacksonville Road,
Designated as Number /,
Gets 81. .822, 900 Allot-
ment.

Tallahassee. Fla, July 31-The state
text book commission. composed OF
the governor and his entire cabinet
finished it's work attendant upon the
adoption Of the course Of study for
the elementary grades of the Florida
public schools this afternoon, and at
six o'clock, superintendent OF Public
Instruction w. N. Sheats, read the
course adopted to tile representatives,
of 81 book companies and others who
were interested, in his office al the
state capitol.
There were very &w changes made
in the basal books. HVheeierp Reader.
Revised, Berry's Writing Book. Mines
Progrossfve Arithmetic, ayde's Cram
mar. Frye's Biographies. Brevard and
Bennett's History of Florida, Lawton's
American History. Thompson's United
States History and the Ritchie-Cald-
well series of physiologies. which have
been in use for the past eight years.
will continue to be used in the first
eight grades of the public schools.
The new courses prescribed are
Orthography, Mastery Of Words, by
Arnold; winston's Simplified Diction-
ary. the Industrial Art Drawing Books,
Civil Government, Ny Country, by
Turkington; Agriculture, Productive
Farming. by Davis.
The foregoing constitute all of the
basal books. and the following supple
mentary books were adopted: Read
ers: Child's World and Literary World
and the Natural Method Readers. mis-
cellaneous supplementary readers,
grade four; Fifty Famous Stories Re-
told, grade five: Founders of Our
Country, grade six; Makers of the
Nation, grade seven: Our Southern
Birds. grade eight; Bugie Calls of
Civics: American Elementary
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-01

Mr.. Burleson issued . statement
with his return order In which he said
he was content to leave the verdict
of future public opinion the question
"of how the trust has been met
There also was q final echo OF the
friction between the postmaster gen.
eral and officials OF the Postal COM
pany in his statement that with one
notable exception" the wire companies
had given him loyal cooperation.
Possibility of a rate war betw N
the telegraph companies with the -s-
turn of the properties il seen in the
recent statement by Clarence II.
Mackey. president OF the Postal ccrn-
pany, that his company could reduce
rates 20 per cent and still earn suffi-
cient revenue To meet increased
wages of employees. telegraph rates
were increased about 20 per cent last
March -
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-01
Wo0l,Uorth to Open Store in
Blount Building Early in Fall

The +. w. woolworth Company has
notified Thomas w. Brent. one Of the
trustees OF the esate of F. C. Brent.
that they have accepted his terms for
the lease of floor space for = store
In the Blount building.
The lease has been closed for the
Pensacola Electric Company's offices
and the store now occupied by Miss
HERMAN, milliner. and later the store
now occupied by the Watson Agency
will be turned over to Woolworth. The
corporation is planning to open one of
its famous chain stores on this adyan-
tageous corner.
The proposed store will have a 40
loot front on Palafox street. running
through to Garden street with a 'front.'
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-01
FLORIDA FIRMS
MAN CHARGED
WITH BIG FRAUD

New York, July 31.-Charles HI.
Strang. shipbuilder, was arrested at
his home on West Brighton today on
an indictment returned by the federal
grand jury of the southern district OF
Florida, April %, charging conspiracy
to defraud the government by means
of fraudulent pay roll. Strang was
employed at the Duval Shipbuilding
Company. in Florida Federal officials
declare it will be found that the gov
ernment was robbed of a million dol
lars.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-01
RAILROADS.&C.
GREAT BRITAIN
ARE 4nyVALIDS'
Railways and Coal Mines to
be Nationaized and Con-
trolled by the British Gov
ernrnent.

London. July sf.- British railways
and coal mines are at present finan-
cial invalids Both of these industries
still are controlled by the government.
under war legislation. Proposals that
both should be nationalized are
among the mbst important recon
struction plans now being agitated
here.
The British railways are managed
by the new ministry of transport
with a guarantee of pre-war profits
to the share holders. The coal mines
are operated by a controller who fixes
the compensation of the mine own
ers.
The transport system Of the coun-
try are financially in a semi para
lyzed state" Minister of Transport Sir
Eric Geddes recently told the house
of commons. The balance sheet OF
the railroads for the coming year,
as he forecast 1t, will show
a loss of from 471.o0o,o00 to
C 73. 200, 900, against an annual profit
of about R43.0oO.000 for the five last
years before the war.
The annual wage bill of the rail-
ways before the was was about G. 50,-
100000, and Sir Eric estimates the
increased war wages and other con-
cessions at 6 57,000,000, the eight hour
day and other new concession
to cost from 10000. 900 to twenty
five million and the extra cost OF
materials and coal 27,000. 900. max
ing the increased cost of rum
ming the railroads 104,0oo,000 to
G 107. 10000 without taking into ac-.
count the great depreciation of plant
during the war.
Some financiers contest these fig
ures strongly and assert that the de-
ficit is merely a paper one due to
failure in bookkeeping to charge the
immense government traffic at rates
which private traffic would cost, and
that the financial outlook is nowise
as bad as Sir Eric's view of it.
The deficits of the railways and
mines are betrayed under present ar
the former directly from
the treasury out of the pockets of
the taxpayers. the latter by the whole
community through official advances
in the price of coal
On July IA the British government
the price of coal would be
increased six shillings a ton. This,
however, is not to take effect for six
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-01

age of A feet. The store will have a
space inside of $500 square feet. with
storage above. improvements neces-
sary for fitting up the store for busi-
ness will probably be started in Sep
tember.
1t has been known for the past sew
eral months that the Woolworth COM
pany was contemplating opening a
store here, and as stated in the Jour-
nal early in the year. it was known
they were negotiating for choice
Palafox street location, however, the
one finally secured and made public
yesterday il understood to be different
to that originally negotiated for and
to this fact is perhaps largely due
their delay in making definite ar
rangements for opening here.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-01
George Delmar Dies From
Injuries Received in Fall
From Water Tank At
Fort Barrancas.
MOTORCYCLE RIDER
FRACTURES SKULL
C.. Fl. Henderson is Thrown
Under Machine While Re-
turning From Work At
Railroad Shops.

Falling a distance of more than 50
feet from the top OF water tank Mt
Fort Barrancas, at o'clock yesterday
morning. George Dslmar. of North
Davis street, sustained injuries from
which he died an hour later. Mr.. Del
mar. who was employed by Monk a
Ely. was engaged In painting the tank
when he stepped in the center Of the
supporting scaffolding. which he him
self had erected
When picked up by fellow work
man. M Deimar's head was found -
have been crushed and 1t i believed
that hs>6G1ruck several steel support4
during tse fail He was taken TO tho
hospital. but died an hour later
A sister and one brother "a -vivt.
Funeral arrangements have not be.n
completed. and II II understood bi-.aI
will be delayed until the arrival II the
sister. who lives in another state.
G. II. Henderson. ~ years cd, 81
424 East Strong street, was seriously
injured yesterday afternoon whei =
motorcycle which he was riding oyer-
turned. Mr. Henderson was .hr swn
under the machine and IL believed to
have sustained a fracture of the skull
and internal injuries.
1t IL Mr.. Henderson's custom to
ride home from work ut the L. r. N.
shops and he has been known as an
experienced motorcycle driver. The
cause of yesterdays accident cannot
be definitely determined. though It is
believed that the machine struck de-
precision I'm the street while moving at
q fairly rapid rate. The accident hap
pened on Davis street, between Strong
and Cervantes. at about 4:15 O'clocl..
The injured man was attended by
Doctors Mobiles and Pierpont and was
later taken to the Pensacola hospital.
Mr.. Henderson lives with his moth
err and an unmarried sister. and an
other sister, Mrs. w. X. Davis. occu-
pies a part of the house. A brother,
Frank Henderson. lives at Selma. Ala.
A crane operator T. @. Fillingim.
was injured at the Pensacola ship
yard yesterday afternoon and was
carried to the Pensacola hospital for
His injuries were serious.
He was crushed from the abdomen
He In a son of the operator
Of the Plaza hotel.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-01
LICENSE BOARD
WILL CONTROL
DYE IMPORTS

Washington, July 31.-After a long
dispute in an executive session. re-
publican members of the house ways
and means committee decided to rec
ommend passage Of the bill providing
for a licensing board to control dye
imports, as well as levy a high tariff
on all foreign dyestuff permitted to
come into the country.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-01
SYNDICATE GETS
OPTION ON COCA
COLA COMPANY

Atlanta July 31.-An option on the
Atlanta Coca Cola Company, which.
il carried through. would result in
Reorganization and enlargement Of the
concern. has been given q syndicate
represented by New York bankers, 1t
was announced tonight by Howard T..
Gambler. president Of the company
present stockholders would get SIS
OO0. 600 cash and $10.00O.OO0 stock tn
the new concern. Mr.. Gambler added
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-01
ROBBERS STAGE
THREE HOLD-UPS
IN OKLAHOMA

Oklahoma City. Okla. July a.
Three banks were robbed I'm Oklahoma
today. according to information reach
ing here tonight Five robbers OBJ
tanned from three to five thousand
dollars from the bank at Jenl<s. near
Tulsa: two unmasked men robbed the
Farmers State Bank, at Wheatland,
Of $500 I'm cash and $1,000 In Liberty
Bonds. while the State Bank, at MIL
lerton, was robbed OF $500.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-01
BOLSHEVISTS ARE
BADLY DEFEATED
BY RUSSIANS

London. July 31.-General Denekine.
Russian commander. has gained an
important victory over the BolsheviSi
and has captured Kamashin, on the
Volga- Five thousand Bolsheviki, nine
guns and large quantities of material
also were taken.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-01
MORE INSURANCE
PROVIDED FOR
DISABLED MAN

Washington. July 31.-The special
law to provide extra war risk insur-
ance payment of a hundred dollars a
month for Henry Bitler. Dubuque
Iowa, the only American soldier in
the war who lost both eyes and hands,
passed the senate today
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-01
PROTOCOL SENT
TO THE SENATE
BY PRESIDENT

Washington. July 31.-The president
late today sent the senate the protocol
which il to accompany the treaty Of
peace with Germany. It was brought
to the United States by Secretary or
State Lansing.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-01
ALABAMA WILL
VOTE ON GOOD
ROADS BONDS

Montgomery, Ala. July 31-The
Alabama senate today adopted a bill
submitting an amendment to the oeo-.
pie of the state. which provides for
the issuance Of SIS. .o0o. 600 in good
roads bonds.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-01
COTTON PRESS
CAMP PAICv TO
START TODAY
Promoters of Plan Point to
Fact That Three Lines
Come Here for Cotton and
Freight Rates Favorable.

With ten ships allocated for service
between Pensacola and the United
Kingdom and with each Of them pre-
pHringsto load cargo OF cotton, pros
pscts are brishAsr for the construction
here Of a high density cotton ceun-
press. Steamers are now Ioading the
staple in Pensacola bay for market in
the British Isles as cargo from the
Pensacola Shipping company which has
established the line with this city the
and Harrison steamship lines are rep
resented in Pensacola and the G. r.
& A. as well as the L. & N. docks are
now loading cotton. The fact that
cotton can be marketed more economi-
cally from Pensacola than from any
other gulf port has given a tremendous
impetus to the trade.
Inaugurating q whirlwind campaign
promoters Of the plan to locate q high
density cotton compress in Pensacola,
win start today to put the deal over In
short order. Two million bales of cot
ton with an income proportionate IL
promised when once the compress
which will handle the product of an
immense tributary territory of North
Alabama. North Mtssissippi and q
large part Of Tennessee and Arkansas
il built.
Uncompressed cotton will come to
the port OF Pensacola from the lines of
the L. s. N. and G. #. & A. railways
In south Alabama and west Florida,
and south OF Montgomery and Selma
all cotton territory. ON which no COM
presses are located and whose freight
rates are favorable to Pensacola. This
is strictly an export section which
markets 1000 bales OF cot
ton. The obsolete compress at Pen
sacola received annually from this ter
ritory an average Of 10000 bales. re-
ceipts totaIling as high at times at
SO, ,0e0 bales. With the interest of cot
ton shippers now intense much more
cotton is expected at the high den
sity plant for compression.
Standard compressed cotton for high
density compression at Pensacola will
come from the great part of the south.
an estimated output Of 100000 bales
annually with rates as favorable to
Pensacola as to any gulf or Atlantic
port.
The following table gives in detail the
revenue which VIII be derived from the ,
here OF such a compress:
Per
Bales
Cotton
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-01

Washington. July S1.-At midnight
government control of telegraph and
telephone systems which began July
22. 1918, when the lines were taken
over as war measure. will end and
the properties will be turned over to
their private owners. An order to
this effect was ISSUED yesterday by
Postmaster General Burleson in ac-
cordance with the resolution adopted
by congress and recently signed by
President Wilson.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-01

On Turning Back Of Wire Lines
Postal Head Announces Cut Rate

New York, July 3f.-Twenty percent
reduction in the rate charged on the
lines OF the Postal Telegraph Com
pany will go into effect at midnight
tonight, President Mackey has an
nounced.
President Carlton. of the Western
Union, said his company would retain
the rates fixed by Postmaster General
Burleson.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-01
LONDON POLICE
DECLARE SELVES
ON BIG STRIKE

London. July s1.-The Londoa polloe
declared . strike tonight.