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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-07-02
LAKELAND AND
BARLOW OPEN
BASEBALL SEASON
HERE THIS P. N

In accordance with previous an
pouncements the baseball season OPP
ems here this afternoon when Barlow
and Lakeland cross bats, the game is
being called just as we go to press,
and there are indications of a very
large crowd to witness this initial
contest, many coming from Barlow
and other points.
Other games this week will be on
July 4, when, in the forenoon, Lake
land will play Barlow at the latter
place, returning to play in Lakeland
in the afternoon. The same clubs
will play here Saturday afternoon.
Next week there will be three
games on the home grounds, Sanford
being the visitor. These games will
be on the afternoons Of next Mon.
day, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Tampa defeated Bradentown yes
terday by score of 6 to 5, these
teams being the first to play. Orlando
plays Sanford at the latter place to.
day and Tampa plays Bradentown.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-07-02
MEMBERS OF BOOSTERS CLUB
OF FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH

On tomorrow evening Thursday
at $3.50 there will be special meet
ing of this organization at the church,
There is very important business and
every member of the club is expected
to be present, and on time,
PRESIDENT.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-07-02

~. tent meeting conducted by
!. T. W. Entzminger on West
won street, came to a successful
.,,.e last night, the regular pray
ting will take place at the Baptist
',,,eb tonight, and every member of
!, church is urged to attend, as
s,.t. secretary W. W. Williams Will
|. nresent and make announcement
.,,.tive to the Southern Assembly to
!, hold at DeLand next week.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-07-02

Miss Almeda Sapp, of Lakeland,
and Miss Ora Sapp, Of Titusville, are
registered at the Riverview being on
their way to Wulfert to visit their
grandfather, Capt. +. w. Kitchell, -
Fort Myers Press.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-07-02

os Hillman, one of the Tele-
:. valued carriers, is suffering
p' broken arm, which he sus-
while cranking his car Monday
,on The injured member is
,,ce1v, we are glad to state.
doing niceis' "
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-07-02

Talking about Lake Okeechobee,
the Moore Haven Times says For
the benefit of those who are afraid
that Lake Okeechobee will dry mp
we will state that the said lake is now
nine inches higher than it was q
month ago and about two inches
higher than it has been for a yeai
and the lake is still rising.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-07-02

p0srce Broadfeld, the young son OF
~ and Mrs L. P. Broadfield, sus-
aimed broken leg in an automobile
.,oidpnt which occurred in Valdosta
sunday, the young man being there
!, visit to his grandparents. Mr..
and Mrs. Broadfield left at noon Sun
asv for valdosta to be with him, and
i Is hoped he will soon be entirely
recovered.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-07-02

Mr.. R. DeKoven has purchased the
moving picture house at Fort Myers,
which he will give his personal SUI
pervision to. Mr.. DeKoven is a good
show man, and will give Fort Myers
an up-to-date play house.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-07-02

Mr.. %. L. Dunavan expects to
leave tomorrow for Leland, Illinois,
where he will visit for the next six
weeks, returning about the middle of
August. Mr.. Dunavan received the
sad news that his brother passed
away in Illinois Sunday, and his trip
is in connection with this event.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-07-02
LAKELAND VISITORS
TO FLORIDA NATAL
HAY FARMS

Natal, Fla, July Among the Wis
itors to the Florida, Natal Hay AS
ISOLATION farms this week were Lieu
tenants George Haldeman and Ralph
Johnson, Of the Carlstrom aviation
field at Arcadia. The boys came over
from Lakeland, where they had stop
Led the night before, landing at Natal
a. 9 o'clock in the morning.
Between swimming in the Week.
watchie Springs, eating watermelons
and inspecting the growing crops, the
hours of Sunday were constantly oc-
cupied, and the boys started hastily
on their return trip for Arcadia
without stop just in time to escape
the drenching rain that came Sunday
evening at 6 O'clock.
Had the two good showers CT Sat-
urday and Sunday shown up three
weeks earlier, it would have made a
difference of approximately seventy
carloads of melons from the farms.
Four weeks earlier I'VE had one Of the
rest melon fields in the state, with
the reasonable prospect of eighty
carloads of melons to harvest later
In four days the attacks Of the water
melon aphis had reduced the vines to
comparatively little producing value
in spite of heroic attempts to rid
them of the lice by spraying over and
ever again. A good rain at that time
would have killed the insects and
saved a large part of the crop. The
extra cultivation given the meloI
fields. however, is not loss as It Is
already showing up in the increased
growth Of the Natal grass.
| DR.. James Harris, manager, ant
G. D. Sloan, horticulturist OF thu
Lakeland Highlands Cooperative As
ISOLATION were recent visitors at Ma
tai. They were very much interested
ir the cooperative work at the Flor
ida Natal Hay Association farms, an
made the trip here with the view O
learning what they could Of method
and machinery that could be apple
, to, their own problems at Lakelan
; Highlands. They expressed then
3 selves as astounded at the won'erfl
development that had been made o
D the pine hills Of fernando county.
The efforts that have been MADE :
Mr.. Haldeman to put the farms
tie best possible producing shape al
: already showing up in the increase
= stand of Natal grass following h
j., cultivation and disking treatment
" the land. Part of the tract is no
. ready for the first cutting. and by u
&c time that is harvested the next ira
~ will be ready for the mowers IL
very probable that the mowers can
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-07-02
PLANT CITY IS PLANNING
A BIG FOURTH

Plant City, July 2.-Several thou
sand visitors are expected to join the
reople of Plant City in celebrating
the Fourth and share in the program
incident to welcoming home the re-
turned soldiers and sailors OF east
Hillsborough county.
parade at II o'clock on Friday
morning is expected to include every
returned soldier and sailor IN the
territory east OF Six-Mile Creek ana
to the Manatee county line en- the
south, the Polk county line on the
east and Pasco county on the north.
The Norman Mcleod Post, American
Legion. is cooperating with view
10 bringing to Plant City not only
all soldiers and sailors in east Hills
borough, but every former member OF
Company E, Plant City Rifles, VINO
can be reached. Following the pa
rade. there will be speaking, with
Rev. r.. F.. Hodnett, formerly oi
this city, hut now Of Kissimmee," as
the speaker of the day. Rev. Rod
nett was pastor of the First Method
list church, this city, for several years
being transferred to Kissimmee last
Christmas. He took deep interest
In all the movements incident to the
! prosecution of the war, and the com
mittee on the Fourth Of July cele'
bration have invited him to tell thu
"boys" how glad we are to have then
back.
The barbecue, in which fifteen OF
more beeves will be served, will prove
a drawing card. Representative Geo
H. Wilder is chairman Of the barDe'
cue committee, and reports that hi
has enlisted the services of corps Of
experts that will make that feature
of the program great success. 9th.
er committees report satisfactory
progress, and indications point to
day that will be long remembered by
all who participate.
The program includes, beside the
rarade and barbecue, athletic events
bicycle races, foot races. decorated
automobile parade, greasy pole, and
baseball game between Plant City
and Kissimmee. These, with Other
features. will, with favorable wealth
err. provide entertainment for al
classes.
The general committee on arrange
ments is composed of Capt. n. L
Askew. chairman, VIM. Schneider, F
M. Prewitt, T. e. Moody. Mayor c
B. Root. W. E. Lee, H NJ. Kilgor
and T. M. Strickland.
The detailed program;
1000 a. m.-Band concert, Plan
City Municipal Band.
1900 a. m.-Parade OF soldier
and sailors.
1880 a. m.-Address Of WELDON
to visitors, Mayor Claude B. Root
Address to returned soldiers and sail
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-07-02
ADDITIONAL LOCALS

Last evenings Ocala Star says.
Notwithstanding the injuries he suf-
fered in the wreck near Juliette yes
terday, Conductor Perkins, Of Sunny
Jim took his train out this morn
ing.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-07-02

Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Booth and
three sons, who have been making
jacksonville their home the past
year, are in Lakeland for visit with
friends, before going on to Moore
Haven where Mr.. Booth has pur-
chased farm. Mr.. Booth was for
merly in business here, being a men,
Der Of the Newsom- Booth Furniture
Co. Mrs. Booth was president OF the
U, D. c. and with her husband
claims many friends here who are
pleased to welcome them to Lakeland
even though for a short stay.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-07-02

The Kissimmee board of trade Is
DR.. R. Thor Weaver, the
county agent, in organizing COOP
erative dairy association. This 10
certainly move in the right direc
ton, for such an organization will do
much toward making the cows pay
the overhead expense of the farm.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-07-02

Rev. W. W. Williams Baptist Sun
Cay school and B. Y. P. U. secre-
tary, is here in the interest of the
Summer Assembly to be held at Stet-
son University, Gainesville, on July
9-16,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-07-02

Mr.. Clarence Smith has let the
contract for an attractive bungalow,
to be erected on Lake Morton Drive,
just south of Palmetto street. MIR. F.
W Mercer has the contract.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-07-02
BIBLE SCHOOL WORKERS
OF FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH

This evening at $3.50 there will be
the regular conference meeting at the
church, and all officers, teachers and
workers are expected to be present,
and on time.
SUPERINTENDENT.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-07-02
'InS0ciety|
T. Z. L. Class

Il SAssCD
The members of the 7. +. L.
Glass are urged to make special ef-
fort to be 100 per cent perfect. Quite
number are out Of town, therefore
It is very important for each one to
make a high grade in order to bring
ND the class grade. The class Is for
tunate in still having their able and
enthusiastic teacher, Mrs. r. j.
Straw, with them. Be on time Sum
day at II a. m. with studied lesson.
Topic: "The Church; Its Life and
Work" Acts 2:37-47; /. Thes.
5:11-15. REPoHfEh'
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-07-02
y. G. Harper, Of Lake

-, 2. G. Harper, Of Lake
fla who has been in the
ptler, i"' I'D n;na months nm
guy ,t in the heavy artillery in
Y :. and who had stopped over to
'''' - uncle, l.. A. Bennett, left
~ ~ ,or Tampa on business.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-07-02

Mrs. w. F. Sneed and children
will return home tomorrow from a
pleasant weeks visit with relatives
at Brooksville.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-07-02

Charles jackson, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. W. H. Jackson, has gone to At
lanta, where he will spend month
with friends and relatives.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-07-02
Meeting M. NJ. Club Postponed

The meeting OF the M. M. Club
has been postponed from Friday un.
til next Monday afternoon, at which
time the meeting will be held at the
home of Mrs. P. d. Goodyear,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-07-02
Lakeland Lacor1ics

G. Hicks Fletcher has received his
honorable discharge from the navy
and returned home last night, to the
Pleasure of his many friends.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-07-02

Mr.. G.. W. Smith, formerly promi-
nent in mercantile circles here, now
in the real estate business in Jack
sonville, is visitor to Lakeland to-
day.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-10-30
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A VT. ROAD CHALLENGE

Uncle Sam helps those who help them
selves. This Is revised version of an old
adage but 1t is particularly true of Uncle
Sam and Vermont roads. Some of our peo-
pie do not appreciate what the United
States government Is doing for the de-
'elopment of good roads. The following
utterarce by the Rutland News in this
connection is illuminating:
Probably few people realize the vast
amount of equipment the federal govern
nent has placed in Vermont for use In
road building. Here is the list of the prn-
cipal machines: Ninety-two automobile
trucks, light automobiles, two motor cy-
cles, several cement mixers, 100 tents.
large quantity of automobile tools and
supplies. some valuables highway ma
chimes. The entire equipment has val
uation Of 100000 Vermont ought TO
make the best use of all this machinery.
Incidentally. 1t is the part of wisdom
to take care of it and to this end the State
Board of Control has set aside SIS, 600 for
the erection of a storage and repair build
ing for this purpose. Ey means Of this
large allotment of war material II the
Vermont highway department co-operates
energetically and efficiently, big showing
should be made on the State roads the
coming year. What with the equipment
and the federal and State highway appro-
priations the Vermont roads should speed
lily show vast Improvement The high
way department has n big chance to re-
deem itself for its past delinquencies and
It is to be hoped it will make the most
of the chance"
If Vermont will do as much for itself
as Uncle Sam has already done our
roads will look and feel different next
year.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-10-30
mo,tmUNIsM RAMPANT

The announcement that 1000 girls who
gre Norman converts, are awaiting pas
sage from England to Utah reminds us
that Mormon missionaries are at work
right here in Burlington, the long time
home town of George r. Edmunds, father
of the anti-polygamy law. 1t is to be
hoped that our people may give these
followers of Brigham Young the sort OF
reception they should receive. With
Reed Smoot accepted one of the
shining lights of the Republican party
at this particular time 1t is difficult for
some people to see Mormonism In its
true light. The Associated. Press des-
patch about these hundreds of English
girls awaiting passage to Utah shows
that the Mormon "leper'' has not changed
his spots.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-10-30
HARD ON THE BUYER

The uncertainties of shopping for sugar
under present conditions are illustrated
by an incident mentioned in The City's
Jar of The New York Tribune: A fifteen.
year-old cir entered Manhattan
avenue grocery in Greenpoint armed
with a long list of articles and a so bill
Yes, I'll carry them ALL" she said, as
the grocer set about wrapping up the
articles named one at time. And now
I'll take three pounds of sugar" con-
cluded the purchaser after the pile of
packages had assumed the proportions of
a huge pyramid, Sorry. but haven't
an ounce of sugar In the house." said the
grocer. 80 am |. because mama tod
me not 10 take any of these unless got
the sugar" said the girl. Gee, I've gone
through this at five stores. and don't
know when I'll get home"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-10-30
GERMAN GAS AND GERMAN DYES

Americans were astounded when war
with Germany came, to discover how
thoroughly the Germans dominated
American markets for dyestuffs and a
host of other products as well as the
handling of intoxicating liquors and great
financial institutions.
Now that the war is ended the question
whether Americans shall provide their
own goods for their own markets and
keep theii own markets for their own
goods. is a live and serious issue.
A writer in an article in the Forum has
summed up this whole situation In nut
shell to our mind, when he says:
Eighty per cent Of her explosives and
all her poisoned gases were manu-
featured by Germany's dye factories.
And does any one for "a moment imagine
that the women of America are going to
buy wear the by-product of the
destruction of their 10000 sons?'
To PROFOUND that, question is to answer
1t emphaticaly.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-10-30
MAGICIANS' TRICKS EASY
WHEN EXPLAINED
Sword SwallOwer Actually Performs
Act, but the Threaded Needle Per-
fOrmance In an Illusion
From the Knoxville SentineD

tFrom the Knoxville SentineD
How do they do that"
This is the perennial question at the
tents of the World at Home shows where
a large crowd gathered this morning to
be entertained by the uneXplainable,
rea istic, yet mysterious stunts of some
Of the performers
How can man swallow swords?' or
How can human being swallow fifty
large darning needles and get away with
and then reproduce them all threaded
on string"
whenever performer offers an act
that battles the public curiosity is inn
mediately aroused, and whenever peo-
pie see things that keep them guessing
they pronounce it clever" but the
moment they find out how the act is
done-and most tricks are simple If you
know how to do them-they simply growl
and say, 20. anybody could do that"
In every trade there are tricks, but 1t
is certain that the stage magician the
II usonist and the card manipulation must
possess more eight OF hand ability and
! wider knowledge of camouhage and
trickery than in any other walk or lie.
III IN natural therefore that the magician
guards his secrets carefully and jealousy
Tor when the modus operandi of a good
TRICK becomes public property the trick
Is useless for presentation. What could
De more useless than sleight OF hand
trick after the people know 1t?
| But In an interview with Professor
omar Sami. who presldes over the
destinies of house Of thousand Won
deEs at the fair, some of the alphabet OF
the magician's art at least was made
/ tor IN
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-10-30
"SMALL-TOWN STUFF"
(From the Rutland Herald)

correspondent of the Barre Times
points out that one reason why no physi-
clan would settle in Corinth is because
when the town mad resident medico. the
poop e did not employ him when they
needed physician, but would send to
Topsham and other towns" believing that
doctor willing to live in Cornith must
be inferior in skill to these residing in
larger towns.
II true. this Is somewhat vivid
arraignment of the commonsense of
Cornith peop.e. but they are not alone
Trade at home" is a slogan that some
of us have worked to its limit The con-
ditions complained of apply not only to
doctors but to merchants. newspapers
printers, churches and every one with
services or goods for sale in a small
town.
Some of this bad Judgment is re-
hection OF bg-town arrogance and pro-
paganda. New York people, for in
stance, have been known to suffer
agonies of toothache because they re-
fused to let "a country dentist" treat
or extract their diseased mo. ars. yet the
average skill and ability of Vermont
dentists is very high. much higher, we
should say. than in New York.
The New Workers. most biting depreca-
ton of anything "off the island" is to
call it small town stuff" ana .ot of
silly people like to ape New Workers by
repeating such foolishness, which echoes
back to real small-town peop.e with the
suggestion that there Is some magic in
the big town-usualy violent presump-
ton"
SO far as general practice is concerned
country doctors not only compare favor
ably with their city and bigger-town
brethren. but as a rule become much bet.
ter and more reliable in diagnosing
disease. due to the exigencies of the field
and the extremely varied character of
their practice. Also. the country doctor
has the same access to advanced me lhods
OF treatment He is usually honest
enough to tell the patient when he needs
the services of n specialist, so, first and
last. he is not only safe and useful man
to employ but often of superior skill and
knowledge
All this Is not getting a doctor for
Corinth. but II Is of direct and useful
application to the whole rural problem
and is plea for buying at home, trading
at home, employing resident professional
men and making actual and practical
use of home institutions and facilities.
Within reasonable and fairly wide
limitations, no,hng is lost and great
dea. often gained by doing business with
our home folks.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-10-30
WHAT OUR NEIGHBORs SAY
Vermont Forestry and What II Should
Mean For Our Lumber Interests
F'rom the Bennington Banner)

NrTO Tie bennington Banner)
Considerable OF real value should
eventually result to the people of this
State through the appointment of two
expert foresters to the Vermont depart
ment of forestry. The young men. Percy
Fl. Merrill and II. f. Grupe, are from the
University Of Syracuse and both saw
service overseas with the forest
engineers Their experience and observa-
ton of European methods in forestry
should he of no little benefit In the work
they are to undertake in Vermont. We
might Just as we'll begin to rea ,ize now
instead of later that we must abandon
many Of the wasteful methods of tint Der
cutting that have prevailed all over the
country since the days of the early set
tiers. To be sure We have ceased cut
ting and burning trees in order to Gear
the land but our numbering operations
to-day are characterized by waste and
destruction. There Is no such word as
economy in the lumberman's dictionary.
His governing idea is to take as much
timber from q given section of land as
quickly and as easily as II can be placed
at the MILL Small trees are cut and no
care is taken to prevent the destruction
OF saplings when the timber Is fel.ed.
Brush and tops are left so that fires
complete the scheme Of utter waste. The
leaf mould burns with the fires and the
land becomes so barren that not even
trees will start on 1t again until after
lapse of years. There are thousands of
acres of land on the upper slopes of the
mountains In this State that will grow
little else than trees and future genera
tons are entitled to the use of them for
this purpose. The present high cost of
f,,,,,
wasteful methods that have been used
In dealing with one of our great natural
resources. There Ia hardly COM
munity in the State that Is not faced with
a serious housing problem because Of the
lack Of building. We are paying the
penalty of thoughtlessness but there is
no reason why we should continue the
causes that have brought about the con-
dition.