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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-06-10
FACTS ABOUT FLORIDA

There are only twenty states IN
the Union with more daily papers
than Florida has and our state is only
thirty-third in population.
Florida has some Of the largest and
most beautiful springs in the world.
Several Of them flow at the rate OF
100000 to 100000 gallons a minute,
large enough to float steamboats, Sill
yer Springs, near ocala, flows $4,000
gallons a minute. 1t is believed 10 be
the largest spring on earth.
The population Of Florida has In
creased 80 per cent within the last
five years.
Key West is nearly 300 miles nearer
the Panama canal than Is any ether
American seaport.
Florida possesses 100000 pecan
trees.
When the waters Of the north are
covered with thick ice, you can go
fishing and boating In Florida waters
and pick strawberries and flowers IN
Florida gardens.
The manufactured products Oh
Florida aggregate s1oO,oo,ooo a year
The manatee or seacOw' weighing
up to 1000 pounds and turtles weisn'
ing up to 200 pounds still are founc
in Florida waters.
More than 5000 different species
Of trees, shrubs, etc. grow In fior
ida.
Florida reported 5oo1s farms II
1910. The state could contain tel
times as many.
Florida ranks first among oil IN
states in the Union in the prooucVio'
of turpentine.
There are seventy Ice factories i
FLORIDA. We have no ice unless W
make It. The discoverer Of tho pro
cess OF making artificial Ice was
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-06-10
Florida man.

Florida man.
Ninety per cent of the original for
ests of Florida still are wooded. the
many acres are being thinned an
nually.
Florida has spent more per capita
in recent years for road improvements
than has any other state.
The flg, one Of the earth's best
known fruits, is right at hone In
Florida.
Florida has the lowest death rate
of any state in the Union.
Florida produces 100000 pounds
OF butter; a mere fraction Of its CO.
pacity to produce this commodity. II
offers excellent opportunities in the
dairy industry.
There are large deposits Of peat In
nearly all parts Of Florida.
Lee is the largest county in Flor
ida with 4s41 square miles. 1t Ii
o2s square miles larger than Rhod'
i Island and Delaware combined and
Q is nearly as large as Connecticut.
Florida has more than 200 varie
ties of forest trees, a greater numbe
. than has any other state. Florid'
: has 74,OOO,0OO,OOO feet of standing
4 timber. enough to build homes TO
! 100000 people.
Z Florida produces 100000 gallon
Z Of turpentine yearly. Her turpcntin
Z and rosin, known as naval stores
7 are valued at $25,OOO,O0O year.
! Mexico and usually strike the coas
! above the mouth Of the MississipI
7 river.
! An artificial rubber Of Dutch II
I yention is said to use freshly caugf
I sea fish as the chief ingrediest.
g; National automobile races are III
: ouently conducted on them in th
:; winter.
Z Andrew Jackson, seventh presider
Z Of the United states, was the nr'
Z governor Of Florida.
I Florida has local option compu
Z sorry school law.
I shad, pompano, Spanish mackere
I sheephead, trout, reddish and null
! are among the many fine food III
! Of Florida. Fishing is one OF u
: great industries Of the state.
: Florida produces the finest OF pin
s APPLES and has shipped as many
{ 900 900 crates Of them a year. +
{ most exclusive pineapple plantato
along the east coast and in sand
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-06-10
zach Picturesque and Has History
(Oglethorpe Barrage.)

picturesque nicknames have been
odopted by or presented to twenty
ara divisions of the American Expe-
aitionary Force. "The divisions will
probably be designated by them by
i+nra war historians says the
sctors and Stripes" A. e. F. official
.onor. and already the soubriquets
are widely Known. The nicknames
and history of each Of the divisions
is as follows:
rbird-Marne Division; Nickname
.orfarred on unit by Mai. Gen. JOS
onh T. Dickman following its ex-
,,oits on the Marine line opposite
Chateau-Thierry.
Eourth-Ivy Division: Derived from
insignia, a Roman numeral Nv.
Fifth-Red Diamond Division: Two
aeriyations ofthis units nickname are
given The first is as follows: Ola
mond Dye-it never runs" The Sec
ond derivation is quoted from san
officer and states, "The Red Dia-
mond' represents a well-known prob
lem in bridge-building-it is made up
Of two adjacent soceles triangles
which make for greatest strength"
Twenty-sixth Yankee Division
derived from the fact that the unit
was formed of New England Nation
al Guardsmen and applied because
original Yankees came from New
England.
REIMBURSEMENT ew York Div
ision: From the fact that unit wa
formed of men mostly from Pennsyl
yania, the keystone State" Diyis
ional description states, 1T has al
ways occupied the center of the corp
front-it has had the keystone posi-
ton"
Twenty-ninth-Blue and Gray Di
vision: Derived from the fact tina
men comprising unit were draw
from both Northern and Souther
states.
Thirtieth-Old Hickory Division
From fighting qualities OF Andre'
Jackson, whose military caree
gained him the same title.
Thirty second - Les Terribles an
Iron Jaw: OF these two nickname
the first was given the unit by
French writer, and the second Is dt
rived from the fact that the division
while engaged on the Marine, was en-
ployed on both TANKS Of that salien
Thirty-third - Yellow Cross d
vision: Derived from insignia OF uni
INSTRUMENTATION Division
From sandstorms which division Ell
countered while training at Cam
Cody, Deming, New Mexico.
Thirty-sixth-Lone Star Division
From fact that the Lone Star is Il
emblem Of Texas
Thirty-seventh-Buckeye Division
Nickname is derived from fact tn
division was formed Of the alton
Guard of Ohio, the Buckeye state.
Notwithstanding Division: 1
spired by favorable climate condition
under which unit trained.
Forty-first-Sunset Division: Fro
sunsets Of the Pacific coast secti'
from which men forming unit we
drawn.
Forty-second - Rainbow Divislo
From fact that the war departing
decided to make the first Nation
Guard division for service in Fran
representative American divisic
Nickname was applied before divisi
was formed.
Seventy-seventh- DiVisio
Nickname derived from units ms
MIA, a miniature Statute OF Liberty
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-06-10
NOTICE, KNIGHTS PYTHIAs

You are requested to be present at
the regular meeting next Tuesday
night at $3.50 p. m. Thre will be
some important business and rank
work. Also a good feed after the
meeting.
T q. MELTON. C. G.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-06-10

She oughtnt to buy herself ready
made clothes
She oughtn't-she oughtn't-O, good
ness knows $50
Before the Government Lady had
Aunt Sophia wah highly offended.
Anna Maria Sophia Jones
Was just a bundle Of skin and bones
The sort of woman you often meet
With knobbledy fingers and large fiat
feet
Her hair was dragged behind in o
bunch,
And she had dinner when you have
lnnch.
But Anna Maria had spirit within
her
The spirit that makes a saint of
sinner
| When she saw what was right, sht
went and she did 1t,
And then, II need was, afterward hlt
1t,
Anna Maria Sophia Jones
Asked in dull and colorless tones
The Government Lady to walk inside
Opened the door Of the passage wide
| Took a chopper and his her hard,
And buried the body in the yard.
e. C. in Westminster Gazette
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-10
THIN, NERVOUS, RUN DOWN PEOPLE
SHOULD TAKE BTR0-PHOSPHATE

Increase IN weight usually carries
with 1t y general Improvement In the
health. Nervousness, sleeplessness and
lack of energy, which nearly always
soon disappear, duh eyes ought to
brighten and pale cheeks glow with
the bloom or perfect health.
Physicians are now recognizing its
merits by Its use In ever increasing
quantities, Frederick Kolle. N, p, ed
Who" says "Bitro. Phosphate should
be prescribed by every doctor and used
In every hospital to Increase strength
blood"
Joseph D, Harrlgan, Former Visiting
tory, says. let those who are weak,
thin, nervous, anaemlc, or rundown,
take q natural, unadulterated substance
such az bltro phosphate and you viii
soon see some astonishing results IN
the Increase of nerve energy, strength
Of body and mind and power of en-
durance,"
Bitro- Phosphate is made entirely OF
the organic phosphate compound re-
ferred TO In the National standard Dis
pensatory as being an excellent tonic
and nervine and y pr~eraration which
utation IN the treatment Of neuras-
thenia, The standard az excc'lence,
strength and purity OF its substance Is
beyond question, for every Rttro- Phos.
phate tablet IL manufactured IN strict
accordance with the Y, =. phartnA.
copoeia test requirements. Bitro-Phos-
phate ia therefore not a patent medl-
cine and should not be confused with
any OF the secret nosJrnass. s~e-called
tonics or widely advertised cure ala
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Bitro. Phos
phate 10 unsurpassed for relieving ner.
voueness, slseptessness and genera
wssk;,sss, owina 20 its tendency to In.
crease weight, those using 4 SHOULD
avoid reproducing foods unless " u
the desire 70 put on flesh.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-10
Creates New, Firm Flesh,
Strength and Energy in
Two Weeks Time in
| Many Instances
Bltre. Phosphate should be Prescribed
by Every Doctor and Used In every
hospltal-says Editor Of "Physl.
olans' Who's Who"

Take plain bitro- phosphate" IL ex-
cellent advice to thin. delicate, nerv-
GUS people who lack vim, energy and
nerve force, and there seems to be
ample proof of the efficacy Of this prep.
hratioh 20 warrant the recommendation,
Moreover, II we Judge from the count
less preparations and treatments which
are continually being advertised for the
PURPOSE Of making thin people fleshS,
developing ar1nE, neck and bust, and
replacing ugly hollows and angles by
tho soft curved lines of health and
beauty, there are evidently thousands
o. men and women who kecnly feel
their. excessive thinnesR,
Thsnnese and weakness are often due
10 stsrved nerSes our bodies need more
pho phate than Ia contained In modern
foods. Physicians claim there Ia moth.
ln& that Will supply this deficiency 80
wei as the organic phosphate known
among druggists as hltro. phosphate,
which IN Inexpensive and IL sold ny
Washburn.Lyle In Memphis, and an
good druggists under q guarantee Of
satisfaction Of money back, ny feed
ing the nervhs directly and by suppiy
ina the body cells with the necessary
phosphorus food elements. hitro- phos-
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-10
Shorty Raised
Me Out" HOWLs
Old Poker PLAYER

The chips were clicking on a blanket
muffled table In a room in a down
town hotel. Stacks OF pretty yellow
ones had changed geographical location
around the table with regularity when
ono prominent Mississippian howled:
Lets have a drink; maybe it'll helr
me hold more than q pair OF deuces,'
Boy, can you get us a quartz was
the greeting the bell boy got as soon as
he entered,
"Yassah,' declared he of ebony COM
plexion and cupidity Of temperament,
but it'll cost yah fohteen bucks"
Raised ne out" declared the dry
card player out of luck, "Ive stood
raises from this guy Shorty In Mem
phis from a buck and a half a quart up
10 ten, but I'm darned II I'll stand this
last raise, .
Tell shorty, as you call him, that
lay 'em down. he told the bell hop.
when It goes to fourteen bucks !
throw up my hand to Mr.. Shorty and
call for a new deal"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-10
Booze Out, Water
Up, Mix Strike
On--What Next?

Think I'll .tav in Hot Springs where
the water, at least, is free" IL the word
coming from the Sna from one Austin
Sims, Nestor Of Memphis hotel clerks
ard imnresario Of the Peabady hotel
cigar stand, who Ia sojourning at the
Arkansas resort In Quest of a few
ounces Of avoirdunois to make his
genial smile the broader.
"Of course I don't drink whisky, even
II | cnu'd Fat Il; bur II seems a gloomy
outlook In Memnhis." Sims writes to a
friend. when from a distance YOU hear
what's rninr on.
"whiekv So a quart. beer ~unobtain,-
say nothing Of the tax on soft drinks
and the added toll put on by the drink
profiteers, and to cap II all a milk
strife on.
what are YOU all drinking in Mem.
phis now, anyway-river water"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-10

taken on the RIA last evening and A.
900 gallons of gasoline were put in
Col. VIM. n. Hensley. the American
army officer sailing to Scotland in the
R-S4, received a promise from his wife
before the dirigible took the air.
IN be on the roof OF the Ritz Carl
ton with baby when you ny over Man
haitian to wave q Goodbye to you,"
Mrs. Hensley said.
"Ill. look for you both" the colonel
Lieut.. Guy Harries, meteorological
tn,,'e shi D" would s%s make p'I the return Iro t trsr
to Scotland In go hours. Capt. Thorn
as Trail, assistant air attache of the
British embassy at Washington, took
the bet. declaring that he did so hop
ing to lose It,"
Lieut.. James Scooter. engineer Of
ficer on the R-S4, said before the start
that he did not anticipate any serious
trouble with the ships motors on the
trip,
Maj. Scott said he expected to make
at least Is miles an hour until he
reached imidocean and 70 miles an hour
that he looked for light west winds or
| the first part of the pa ssage and after
| that most favorable winds"
One Of the last things TO 20 aboard
| the dirigible was a strip Of canvas
from the first balloon hat tried to fl,
the Atlantic, Two men who were
aboard the odd timer which, pilotet
by Walter Wellman, was wrecked neal
Bermuda on October IS, 1909, gave
Maj. Guy N, Harries. meteoroloeist O
the> R-34 the strip Of canvas with tn,
request that 1t be carried across tn,
ocean.
For sentimental reasons we wan
part of the Wellman craft to go acros,
by the ali route" said Percy S. Butler
and Ike Russell. when they handed tn,
dinrv cloth to Mai. Harries.
This we believe, is the last of tn,
old balloon, 30 take good care of /
and see that Il gets over"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-10
DANIELS PREDICTS OCEAN
AIR TRAFFIC NOW POSSIBLE

WASHINGTON, July 1o--Prediction
that the present generation win see the
Inauguration Of regular freight and
passenger traffic by mir across the seas
IL made in a letter from Secretary
Daniels 10 First Lord OF the British
Admiralty Long. which was made pub
liz and which will be conveyed to Mr..
Long by the British dlrigible R-3t
q me msss sSSe't az rre .S1IHg + from t ,Ss ado DO
miralty chief brought by the dirlgtbte,
"Our country was filled with pleasure
Mt tho successful arrival Of the R-24
and the navy OF America salutes the
British admiralty" MIR, Daniels wrote,
II h our privilege TO live in a day ot
the fulftllment OF many visions ard
dreams.
y thank you for your letter, the first
| that came across the sea In n ship that
has conquered tho air, the last ele-
ment left TO the conquest OF man. We
will live to see the tday when we will
fly across the seas As we have trav-
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-10

eled on the trains. who will prophesy
these still greater wonders?
~ congratulate your great empire
and it's spirit OF daring and skill evil
dent In this epoch making flight. II
was a delight to welcome your aviators
md to find thSt your men Of stuff are
greater than their wonderful achieve
ment.'
Mr., Longs letter, also made public,
said;
Il take advantage ~ the voyage Of
the airship R-54 across the Atlantic
to send YOU a few lines OF most friendly
greeting On both sides OF the great
ocean our hearts are full OF thankful.
meas for the final act which marked
the termination of the terrible wal
which lasted for more than four years,
and W. think with gratitude. and rev.
erenoe OF the heroic sacrifices OF those
who gave thhlr lives 20 save tho free
dom OF tho world Together we have
solved thr great problem OF the war,
together let ne approach the no less
difficult problems Of peace"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-10
Activity Develops
In Permits For All
Lines Of BuiLding

On resumption of building activities
in Memphis following the close Of the
great war the construction work vas
largely represented by garages and
warehouses, Indicating a development
of commercial business and the auto
mobile industry. There was also a
lively impetus given to the erection of
dwelling houses due to the great de-
mand for that type of construction in
Memphis.
However, since the treaty of peace
was signed, in addition to the above
types OF construction work, permits are
being taken out for the erection of
brick store houses, permits for several
being taken out In the past week.
For the first nine days of this month.
ended Wednesday, the total valuation
of permits issued in the office Of Dan
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-10

phate should produce a welcome trans
formation In the appearance; the IN.
crease In weight frequently being as
tnnishinE
Clinical tests made In ST GATHERINGS
tlents gained In weight 20 n a1
pounds, respectively, through the ad-
mi%nistration OF this organic phosphate.
both patients claim they have not felt
at strong and well for the q Q twelve
years
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-10
ONE CAN GET
DYNAMITE NOW

It no longer lie necessary TO have a
license to purchase, handle or Use ex.
plosives. az the explosives regulation
30, according to word received from
the bureau ot mines. ny John C, Me-
Lemore, county court clerk, who Issued
explosive nermits during the war.
Albert II. johnson, deputy. Is prepar.
ing ell Shelby county explosive license
records for shlpment to Washington by
government order,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-10
SEEK ALLIED UNION

PARIS. July ACCOMMODATIONS ar,
going on between France and the alliec
and associated powers looking TO finan,
eisl cooperation in liauidating the wa
debt, according to a statement mazda n
the chamber Of deputies by Louis Kjots
minister OF finance, during a discus
sion OF the project FOR a further ad.
vance to the government OF 1000, 900,
900 francs by the Bank of France.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-10

c. Newton. city building superintend
ent, aggregated exactly $443, SS5. Onl
1924, 900 in permits was issued durin
the entire month of June.
Ozanne & Mcknight Wednesday too
out q permit to erect for j. T. FargasoI
at 800 South Main street a two-storI
brick and concrete mercantile buildinI
to cost $40, 600, The same contractor
took out a permit to build for W. NJ
Randolph at 302, 304 and 306 Soutl
to cost at a total of 81 900, and Il
Hays, contractor, procured a permit t
erect for Katz Bros. a one-story, one
room brick store at 500 Porter street {
cost 81, 500.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-10
D|R|G|BLE
WELL OUT To SEA
AND FLYING FAST
CONTINUED From First PaEs.)

began to whirr and the craft, nosing
upward, headed for New York.
Three great searchiights playing on
the ship made her clearly discernible to
thousands gathered to bid her bon voy-
age. With three engines-port, STAR
board and forward-runnlng. and two
others In reserve, the R-34 glided off
toward the south, then swung in a
westerly course, bringing her nose in
the direction OF New York.
The R-34 flew over Roosevelt field
after her cruise to New York at 1880
AM, at a height of about 1000 feet.
When last seen she was heading for
the open sea.
Favorable weather conditions were re-
ported over the entire route save for
one bad spot in mid-Atlantic.
Forty pounds Of official mail is
slowed aboard, including two gold med
ais of the Aero club of America, award
ed to Capt. Alcock and Lieut.. Brown,
who flew the Vickers-Vimy biplane
overseas from Newfoundland in the
first nonstop transatlantic hop" to
the British Isles from North America.
1t took the R-34 about three minutes
to rise to the height at which She
began cruising. At 1859 she was about
500 feet up, barely discernible and with
no lights visible, and was Swimming
along at a speed Of about 90 to 40 miles
an hour.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-10
ship HITS ICEBERG;
TWO KILLED, TWO HURT

ST. JOHNS, n. r, July 1o.-Two
men were killed and two injured when
the Allan liner Granpian, Montreal for
Liverpool, colllded with an iceberg off
Cape Race last night, The steamship
with $50 passengers and a crew Of $50,
arrived here this morning for repairs.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-10
ASK BoURsE REoPENING.

PARIS, July l0.--The budget commit
tee OF the chamber OF deputies has
passed a resolution asking the govern
bourse to operations in future OF all
securities with the exception OF French
government bonds.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-10

ssneiss-out in the United States. not
Washington.
Nevertheless the president will begin
at once a series OF personal confer
enees with Republicans as we'll as Dem
ocrats in an ~endeaYor to use every ar
gument at his command to persuade
them to get behind the league Of ma
tions. Nov that the treaty Of peace
IS written, Mr.. Wilson contends that
the league Is the instrument by which
the pledges therein made will be pre-
served. To ratify the treaty and dis
card the league is in his opinion tanta-
mount to building a house and then
knocking out the foundations which sus.
' tain IL. The two are intertwined, in
separable and indispensable. The OPP
posing senators are familiar with the
argument n are preparing TO meet Il
by pointing out to the people Of the
United States the tremendous RESPONSE
bilities and endorsements involved in
becoming a member of the league.
Up to People.
Predictions are not difficult to make
n the present situation, for the senate
Republicans are just as eager to fol-
low public opinion as the Democrats
ever were, Neither party would run
counter to public opinion very long. But
the Republican senator's don't think
the people are behind Mr.. Wilson. If
~ sHNhih pt htAllbisD dltu lHhI I0ey
are, the senate can turn somersaults
just as well as MIR. Wilson.
For a wniletthe Republicans will en-
deavor to nave a reversion in the peace
treaty knocking out articles ten OF the
league OF nations which should make
America guarantee the present boun-
darieS OF all nations which sign the
treaty. Mr.. Wilson will argue that this
is the kernel Of the whole business
the keystone Of the structure. II the
people seem to be with him, the senate
viii not insist but before any demon
s~tration like that occurs, an expression
from the allied powers as to what they
would think II America rejected article
10 Is calculated to have an influential
effect here. Reservations explaining
the Monroe doctrine will be insisted on
by the Republicans. In the end these
will probably be accepted by Mr.. Will
son and the allies, too.
The phraseology of the ratifying reso-
luton will be a compromise and the
allies In all probability will signify In
advance their adherence to the text OF
the resolution so that the senate will
not be In the position OF prolonging the
negotiations.
The situation may prove full Of con-
test, controversy and friction. but 1t
would not be in the least surprising II
the Storm were short-lived and proved
untrue TO the advance notices of hope
less disagreement between the execu-
tive and legislative branches OF the
government.
Copyright, 1919. by The News scimitar)
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-10
COTTON STRIKE ENDS.

LONDON, July 10.-The Manchester
cotton strike which has tied up the in
dustry throughout Lancashire for al
most three weeks, has been settled. The
operatives will resume work Monda,
on the basis Of a 4S-hour week and al
advance in weekly wages amounting Il
80 per cent.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-10
DELEGATES GATHER

MONTREAL, July iO,--Delegates
from all sections OF North America are
here today for the 1ath annual congress
OF the E~sperantist association OF North
America, which viii be in session until
Saturday,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-10
v IN YUCATAN.

MEXICO CITY, July lO,-Yellow f.
yer has been discovered at Merida. Nu-
catan, according 10 . report received
by the Excelsior.