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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-06

Of national condition OF nerves once
every four years. when the spellbind-
ers come ovt from under their mossy
logs and tell US how the fate Of the
nation depends on the vote Old Bill
Sykes or his neiRhbor Tiny Tlndale,
the half.wit, will cast at the polls in
November. But with us this election
fever is an cphermea and seni-pro-
discounts In advance and nobody takes
seriously. Here in England right now
folks are suffering a far more acute
and dangerous distemper bred OF
provocative circumstances such as
have never existed before in Eng
lands or the worlds history. A whole
nation is on the rack. and, despite the
Unborn British calm. is showing signs
OF hystcria
Whyl
National Exhaustion.
For reasons that the corn belt oi
Iowa and Illinois could never guess (,
for reasons that Massachusetts or
Mississippi or Montana have never
known And these are the reasons
Exhaustion after four years Of terrific
strain when It was nip and tuck
whether or no, Britain and the en-
pire would 20 down before the blows
OF a cunning and powerful enemy and
every resource OF the land was taxed
to the limit, Reaction from rigorous
conditions Of lle-seli-mpo'cd IA
tloning which about a year ago
amounted TO almost semi starvation.
air raids which cut swa,hs Of death
and damage through the loves, ebb.
bereavcmen,s spreading like a cloud
owed the land with every casualty re-
port issued.
And now the mos, recent nerve
Stran OF all-bolSheylsm "a
The Manifestations.
What are the manifestations Of Eng
lands case Of nerves. Wha, is it the
lieutenant lust IN from the dreadful
barren districts OF war-Swept France
saw and could not define here in
staid, smoke stained old Londonl Per.
baps an observer who, perchanee. has
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-06

husband. Added to this, the front
windows OF Nine Parker, house
were smashed AID the police found
broken plates and glass stfewn about
the rooms
Called Twie. for Police.
Nine, Parker twice called on the
police for aid, once she says when
Mrs Parker was smashing the iurnl.
iure and again when she (Alme Par
kerr wa, placed under arrest by I'm
dersheriii S'e,cher, who was acting
on-a warrant issued by Justice Lee
Nine. Parker has for number oi
year, conducted fashinonable dress.
making paflor. She attempted 10 have
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-06

her a'sailant arrested, but Deputy
District Attorney Pomeroy refused TO
issue A warrant
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-06

Chestnu,s are made into bread by
ihr mountain peasantrY IN LlalY and
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-06
Guaranteed! Sold
At Grocers and Druggists

All the up-to-da,e grocers and
druggists sell Hofstra. Get you
a lSc gun and try il today. Guar
anteed 10 do the work. Don't ae-
cept substitute. II your dealer
hasn't Hofstra. send lsc and
well send you loaded gun
postpaid.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-06
Harmless To Humans
Fatal To Bugs

NOT poison; CANT harm you or your baby Yet
certain death to' flies and insects Shoot it with a
metal Hofstra gun; it floats in the air like smoke
off cigar; pelneates every nook and corner; en-
breathe Hofstra is not ordinary insect powder, but
entirely different and better. Contains chemicals
which make insect death quick and certain.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-13
N,5OO,ooO
French Killed

An Atlantic Port. France in four
years of conflict to preserve her ow1
liberty and that of the world, accord
ing to Andre Tardie, French high
commissioner to the United States,
has lost 100000 men killed and az
many wounded. America owes France
an enormous debt of gratitude for this
heroic outpouring of her lifes blood
and also for the reported saving of
thousands of lives in this country and
throughout the world through tie dis
covery by French peasants of a per-
feet remedy for stomach, liver and in
testinal ailments which, it is said,
has relieved incalculable suffering
and prevented thousands of surgical
operations. Geo. H. Mayr. prominent
Chicago chemist, imports the ingre-
dients and sells this remedy in Amer
lea under the name of Mayr's Won
derful Remedy. 1t is a simple harm.
less preparation that removes the
catarrhal mucus from the intestinal
tract and allays the inflammation
which causes practically all stomach,
liver and intestinal ailments, includ-
ing appendicitis. One dose will con
vince or money refunded.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-13
SHOP STEWARDS INDUSTRIAL
FACTORS IN GREAT BRITAIN
(By Associated Press.l

London, March 12.-Recent labor
troubles in Great Britain have been
popularity laid at the door OF the
shop stewards movement" in the
face of the fact that outside the i'm
mediate labor world very few people
ever before heard of shop stewards,
much less of the movement engin-
eered by them to force their demands
by sudden strikes and Industrial
paralysis system which the stew
lrds are pleased to call direct &C
ON"
The shop stewards movement was
creation of the war, and In the last
7 years several causes have COM
d to give the stewards a position
reat importance, particularly in
pgineering trades.
a the passage of the munitions
1915 union customs were sus-
and at the same time prob
fse which demanded close at
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-13
THE HONIN' FIR HOME

Every spring all Florida newspaper
Put in many strong requests
That visitors from the north
Shall delay, for a time
Starting for their home towns.
This is not movement
Reckoned as merely mercenary
On the part of us crackers,
With the sole avowed intention
or separating rolls of mazuma
From those who have it
Tightly buttoned within their peck
cts;
The suggestion is fervently made
From humanitarian standpoint.
Because 1t is so nice here
The thoughtless frequently imagine
1t must be heaven there;
But when they depart hence,
Leaving seventy eight degrees warm
And strike twenty-five degrees cold,
Right on their front porch,
There comes Ger their spirits
A sort of depressing influence
Which is cut homeopathic,
And trimmed with pneumonia edging
And when the physician finishes
The undertaken is called to bat,
And the statistical umpire calls:
"Fuss!' "Flowersl" "Funeral!'
All of which means struck out.
Many of those who pass
Have so endeared themselves
To the people residing here.
And, incidentally, to me,
That we all regret their demise.
And much of this sorrow
Could be very easily avoided
If sense went to the bat
In place of hurry-home desire.
Each departing visitor tells me
VI now he will return,
And we grip our fms, and shake.
And say: I'VE sure hope sol"
And frequently comes the news
That brings real sorrow to me,
And only the relatives return.
While | can't prove the assertion
I'm still strongly convinced
That few more weeks here
Would naturally have resulted
In a few more years there.
Yassum.
/ thank you.
Thorn in Palm Beach Post.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-13

tention within the shop. Detailed
questions Of new processes, piece
work Ito which in the engineering
trades the unions had been dnalter-
ably opposed) raised issues of utmost
Importance which were constantly
changing and which varied in char
acter from one shop to another. The
expedient adopted a spontaneous
growth rather than a formal depar-
ture, was the increase in shop stew
ards, an addition to their functions
and a corresponding increase IN their
importance.
There has been rapid growth of
work committees, consisting of the
shop stewards in the employment Of
a firm, and constituting an organiza-
ton, meeting regularly with officers
Of its own, to deal with questions
arising in connection with the daily
work OF the business.
In many centers, though not in
all. these work committees, have
united to send delegates to a central
committee which thus represents the
actual workers in all the shops of a
district.
The shop stewards movement
however, in its present form has beer
evolved Independently of existing
trade union machinery Like the
earlier types of trade union activity,
it has been thrown up spontaneously
by the rank and file to meet a new
emergency. Its unit of organization
il the shop. Its characteristic is that
II is an unofficial organization which
has no definite relationship to the nor
NAL constitutional machinery of trade
unionism, but which has powers suf-
ficiently broad to bring about serious
dislocation in industry without the
consent or even the knowledge of the
recognized heads of even the most
influential trade unions.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-13

DR.. cox's idea of appropriating
car to each Of the three sections Of
the State is good one. These cars
would show almost as great a variety
of products as if they were gathered
from every State in the Union.
soville Times-Union.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-13
A GOOD SUGGESTION

Some years ago what was known as
the health train was run over Flor
ida in charge of the State Board Of
Health, but because it had served its
purpose or for some other reason II
is no longer in use and the three cars
Of which It consisted are now idle.
DR.. W. n. Cox, state health officer.
now suggests that these cars be
turned over to the legislature Cor the
purpose of advertising Florida
throughout the United States. H
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-13
HOW FLORIDA PEOPLE
READ THE NEWSPAPERS

That there is among Southern peo-
pie any such general prevalence of IL
lteraoy as sometimes is alleged to
exist Is completely disproved by the
statistics of daily newspaper circula-
ton.
In the ten states south of Wash
ington and east of the Mississippi
river-including Louisiana-with a
combined population of 21,246,S24,
there are 239 English dailies with a
total net paid circulation of 2,3S2, 4G3
practically one copy to every nine
people
If there were no duplication Of
circulation there would be a daily
newspaper for every second family in
these ten states Making liberal al
lowance for the ones which read two
or more dailies, it is safe to say that
at least one daily newspaper goes
regularly into every third Southern
home.
Floridas percentage of daily news
paper circulation in proportion to
population is even greater Her one
million people subscribe l>r 100000
copies. This gives one copy to ap-
proximately every seven people.
Again making a generous allowance
for homes in which more than one
paper is taken, II is evident that two
out of every five families in Florida
are regularly visited by daily news
papers.
Why lhe People Read the Florida
Timcs-T
Intelligent people like those of
Florida do not subscribe for and read
a newspaper just because they may
like the E4u.4IlGr or the editors or
for the reason hat ii is printed in
legihle type, or on account of the fact
that it Uses a good grade of paper Or
for any other such trivial reasons.
On the contrary they demand scrv-
&C Of tho newspapers they read reg
ularly-seryice in the quantity and
quality OF the news ii furnishes, serV-
ice In the form and expression of its
editorials, service in the literary and
special features that it carries, serv-
ice in the market reports and fnan
cial information that it gives, service
in every page and every column.
Only through its service to the peo-
pie and the interests of the state
there has been gained by the Florida
Times Union the circulation suprem-
acy it now holds and has maintained
for years. Solely by reason of the
confidence which its readers have in
the paper there has come to it the
corresponding supremacy in the vol
ume and excellence of its advertising
patronage.
Foreign, State and Local News.
The complete Associated Press
service Is supplemented by that of
the best of the other news gathering
organizations in giving the readers
of the Florida TimesUnion a daily
record of worth while events all over
the world.
State and local news is covered
with equal thoroughness, the former
coming from corps of live, wide
awake, special correspondents in
every important city and town of
Florida, and the latter gathered by
q competent reportorial force.
Congressional and Legislative News.
Recognizing the fact that the pro-
eeedings Of the national and state
lAw-making bodies are of special sig
lificance to the people of Florida, the
Tines Union covers both in an ex-
Aaustive way, giving daily complete
reports. The Associated Press serv-
Ice from Warrington 10 added to by
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-13
Or. s. F. SMITH MOVES OFFICES
TO pEEN-HRYANT BUILDING

DR.. Samuel F. Smith, eye. nose and
throat specialist, wishes to announce
to his friends that he has moved his
Offices from the Bryant building to
the Deen-Bryant building, ground
floor. to the rooms formerly occupied
by c. o. Wheeler, where he win be
clad to meet his patients in the IN
ture. s47s
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-13

4 GEOGRAPHIC stories sent By q comp,
tent special correspondent During
the session Of the Florida Legislature
three regular staff correspondents fol
the Times-Union will be located In
Tallahassee. They will supply the
Times Union with from ten to fifteen
columns of Legislature proceedings
The reports cover not only the actual
happenings Of the day but equally
important underground" workings
OF the Capital city.
Editorial Page and Departments.
The editorials of the Florida
Times Union are read by large
proportion of its subscribers and
copied widely by the press of the
country. Neither excessively con-
sentative nor unduly radical, they
reflect the sober thought of the peo-
pie.
On the editorial page are carried
| several departments, made up of
readable matter in short paragraphs
which have done much to give the
Times-Union its great popularity and
that always are boosting the best in
terests of the South.
Literary and Society Features.
No newspaper in the South has a
better balanced selection of literary
matter than the Times Union. The
most interesting articles, the best
comic and a host of other special
features are given space in proper
ton to their Importance.
Society news is covered fully. sew
eral pages daily being devoted to il
The social events of Jacksonville, of
Florida and of the South are re-
ported for the Times Union in con
else but complete stories, as are club
and other activitiea
What Constitutes The Times Unions
Supremacy.
The Florida Times-lTnior now has
daily circulation in excess of
10000.
This is more than A per cent Of
the total circulation Of all the morn
ing newspapers printed in Florida.
1t is more than half the combined
circulation of all the afternoon news
papers published in the state.
The Sunday Times Union circu-
lates over $4,000 copies of each is
sue-more than - per cent of the
edition Of all Florida Sunday papers.
While the Timce-T'Eiaa 1aily ha7
As per cent and over Of the circu-
lation of the morning newspapers Of
Florida and on Sunday more than A.
per cent Of that Of all the papers Of
the state. its ADVERTISING rate is but
23 per cent of the total rates of the
morning and sunday newspapers.
With this wonderful supremacy IL
circulation thera r. littlo wonder
that the Times-rrinr is favored by
advertisers-local and foreign. In
January, 1919. it carried total OF
692,039 agate lines, an increase over
last year of 71.760 lines
In the same month the Times
Union carried the business of 1S5
national advertisers who used 49,
0S5 agate lines, During February,
1919. the Times-Union carried 667,-
ISL agate lines of paid advertising.
showing a gain over last year. Dur.
ing the same month the Times-Unio
carried 213,500 lines Of national ad.
vertising from 243 advertisers, No
other newspaper in the Southeast had
such volume of business during the
same period, or served so many firms
among foreign advertisers.
Daily and Sunday, by mail. postage
prepaid, one month, 50 cents; three
months, s2.25; six months, $50;
one year, $500. Foreign advertis-
ing rate, six cents an agate line, "a
cents an inch fiat,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-13

suggests that one be filled with the
products of West Florida, another
with the products Of the northeastern
part OF the State and the third with
the products of South Florida and
sent to all parts Of the country as
an advertising medium to show the
resources of the State. DR.. Cox men
tons the fact that California and Ala
bama have both used this method of
advertising their resources and that
the results were good. He might have
mentioned also the fact that this has
been done by Florida also with good
results.
This idea was applied to this State
more than twenty years ago by Wan
ton s. Webb as a private enterprise,
but he afterwards secured appropria-
tons from the Legislature to assist il
the expenses. There is no doubt of
the fact that it attracted wide atten-
ton, created an interest in Florida
and brought many immigrants and
much money to the State.
We do not know why this, Florida
train was discontinued but we are
sure that it paid and that it would
ray again. 1t would pay better now
than it did then because people are
now more ready to consider Florida
as a desirable location than they
were then. Twenty years ago mar
could be convinced of the productive
ness Of the State and then believe
that he could not live here in the
summer time, 1t was thought that
Florida was in summer a fever bed
and men who were convinced that II
they could keep their health thew
could prosper here would not come
because they considered health-as in
fact it is--as matter of first irpor.
lance.
But this opinion of Florida has been
steadily combatted until the truth is
pretty widely known. More and more
the people learned year after year
that Florida was one of the most
healthful States in the Union and now
g vastly larger number than ever no.
fore know this. Tens of thousands
Of young men spent last sumner mr.
a part of it at Camp Johnston. They
came from every State in the Union
and those who did not know If al
ready found that Florida was one of
the most pleasant States in the cour.
try in summer and that there was as
little sickness here in summer as in
any other State. So the time is ripe
for a movement for immigration
DR.. Cox's idea of appropriating
car to each Of the three sections os
the State is good one. These cars
would show almost as great a variety
of products as if they were gathered
from every State in the Union. Jack
soville Times-Union.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-13
FLORIDA TRUCK NOTES
New York Packer.)

Leisburg. March 13.-The 4O-acre
grove several miles north of Fruitland
Park, known as the Bank grove, mas
finished shipping this seasons frul.
and the total returns will aggregate
over $4,000, or nearly $500 an acre.
West Palm Beach, March Ii. the
nail head rust is appearing in some
of the older fields of tomatoes. The
spring tomato acreage will be much
heavier than former reports have
indicated. The farmers are in fine
spirits owing to the good prices and
the good season, and the compare
lively few insects; also the absence
Of fungus diseases as compared with
last year. The secret of the whole
thing is they have taken better care
of their crops than formerly, have
prepared their lands better and given
more attention to spraying and cult
walton.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-13

-. slOrioa has some of the laree,,
, aol,a most beautiful springs in The
' "U.ia. :. Several of them aOw at ths
I rate Of 100000 to 100000 gallons n ms Dos
Hn. '0.,arge enough to Goat steam.
boats. Silver Springs. uesr S o"a,n
N AUrs $4,000 gallons a minute. II "a
earth. spring on
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-13
Movement OF Florida
Fruits and Vegetables
New York Packer.l

Jacksonville, Fla, March ia
good demand continues for fruits and
vegetables from northern markets
with prices on most lines holding up
we'll.
The following table gives carlot
shipments from Florida recently with
comparisons:
Oranges
Shipments up to last Saturday 1859
Same period in 1918 .......... 1870
For week ending March /. 80. 406
For same week last year ...... 1870
First three days this week 80. 1877
For same days last year ...... 80
Grapefruit
Shipments up to last Saturday. 5943
Same period in 1918 ........ :. 2,706
For week ending March /. ..... 35S
For same week last year ...... 1877
First three days this week 144
For same days last year ..... IS
y Vegetables
Shipments up to last Saturday E37
Same period in 1918 .......... 227
For week ending March /. go. 80
For same week last year ..... As
First three days this week II
For same days last year ...... II
Lettuce
Shipments up to last Saturday 1,4S2
Same period in 1918 ........ 1904
For week ending March /. 80
For same week last year. -. 122
First three days this week .,... Sc
For same days last year. ..... So
Tomatoes
Shipments up to last Saturday. 1873
Same period in 1918 .......... Is
For week ending March 1. ..... 40
For same week last year. ...... 3
For first three days this week. As
For same days last year -. -. Z
Celery
Shipments up to last Saturday 405
Same period in 1918 ~. S53
For week ending March 1. 166
For same week last year 49,. 253
First three days this week III. rs
For same days last year $40. lis
Cabbage
Shipments up to last Saturday 400
Same period in 1918 ........ 73l
For week ending March 1 go. 1877
For same week last year ...... 1911
First three days this week -. As
For same days last year ... 12S
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-13

Moore Haven, March ia Chi
cago firm is looking into the produc-
ton of rozelle in this section and the
Times says in regard to this plant,
and the proposition made by the Chi
cago company, that it guarantees the
grower &c per pound green picked in
Moore Haven. They state than acre
will produce from 1000 to 10000
pounds, which sounds like pretty fair
money for guaranteed market. Ro-
zelle can be grown successfully any
where in tropical climate. 1t is
used for drinks, for jelly and for use
m putting up other fruits. 1t is some
times known as the Florida crar-
berry.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-13

Dover, March 13.-The strawberry
growers are shipping quite number
of freezers of berries for this time
of year and especially for the short
age of the berry crop. About half Of
the people take their berries to Plant
City. The growers are receiving
handsome prices for the strawberries
they ship.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-13

Ocheechobee, March 13.--Every-
body is planting large crops, locking
forward for a good rain and good
yield.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-24
Man Loses Breach
Of Promise Suit

DALLAS, Texas. Oct 2i.--No dam
ages. no automobile and no money
was the verdict OF a jury here today
bon a breach OF promise suit by /. II.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-24
Spain Verges On
! Political Chaos

MADRID. Oct. 24-The question
ha, been raised in political circles
whether an attack on the government,
made by Antonio Maura. leader Of III.
conservatives and former premier,
is not likely to result in dissolution
Of parliament and the calling for gen
,erai elections as soon as King Al
tonso returns to Spin, II has been
pointed OF tina, the government might
mot be able TO function without the
lsuppor, OF Maura'' followers.
In manifesto. Senor Maura said
,tha, the present was a critical hour
'for Spain and tha, social organisa-
tions had been poisoned. f'Ile urged
,the Cor,cS 10 support his views,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-24
TROOPS PATROL GARY
WITH TRENCH GUNS"

CHICAGO. Oct p Federal troops
al Gary, Ind, today patroled with
trench guns, weapon. OF the sawed
off shotgun type. They were thus
equipped by ordcr OF Col w. S.
Mapcs, commanding the strike area
under military control, after lie had
received reports ,ha, the iniantrymen
had been stoned by strike sympathlt-
ers. Colonel Mapes said the troops
would fire ON attackers