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Smyrna times., 1920-01-21
NEWFOUNDLAND RICH IN lRO'
Enough Ore There to Supply the Woric
for at Least a Century, il
Not Longer.

Lord Morris in lecture at st. John
Wood Presbyterian church. Mar
borough place. London. described M
development of Newfoundland for tn
last 400 years. from the time of tn
early cOlOniZprs up to the day whcr
that great captain of industry Lor
NOrthcliffe. established the great papr-
mills that are now supplying the Times
the Daily Mail. the Daily Mirror anG
the Sunday Pictorial with paper"
He said that in Newfoundland toda!
there were many paper propositions
quite as attractive. if properly de
velOped. as that of Lord NOrthcliffe and
his brother Lord ROthermere.
There were also sufficient fish On
the Newfoundland banks and along the
Newfoundland and Labrador shores 10
feed the whole of the British empire
They had only touched the fringe OF
that great fishing industry in which lay
the possibilities of cheap food for Eng
land.
Lord Morris drew an attractive pic
ture of wonderful mineral possibilities
showing that Newfoundland was the
second largest producer of iron in the
British empire. England coming first
There was enough iron ore to suppl!
all the needs of the British empire anC
of the world for the next hundred
years.-LOndOn Mail
Smyrna times., 1920-01-21
WENT TO HEAVEN IN AUTO
Novelty in Burning of Etfigy Of Ma
chine at the Grave of Wealthy
Chinaman.

1t is the custom of the Chinese to
burn various kinds of efigies at the
funeral ceremonies of the rich, and
the more wealthy the departed the
more elaborate the figures burned over
his grave. These effigies represent
every manner of thing, such as human
figures, horses, sedan chairs, tables
loaded with money, etc.
At the funeral of a Mr.. Ii, who
died a short time ago in Tientsin,
and who was a very wealthy man,
the bereaved family Outdid themselves,
and made an imitation of the deceased
gentleman'S automobile, to be burned
at his grave. The effigy was made
entirely of strong Chinese paper
stretched on bamboo frames. The car
was complete in every detail, the ped
ais accurately placed, and all made Of
paper and bamboo.
The interior of the car was also
accurate in detail, being carefully up
hOlstered in paper. The car was car
ried about three miles through crowded
streets to the graveside, where a
match was applied, and it was con-
Sumed in a few minutes.
Smyrna times., 1920-01-21
Ancient Mesopotamia.

Survey research work in MeSOpOta-
mia has revealed the fact that in for
mer times the country was covered
with a network of canals, showing that
a very celebrated system of irrigation
must then have been in vogue. Some
of these canals were 90 feet deepSwith
steep embankments. This interesting
information was stated by Lieut.. Col.
G. A. BeaZeley, royal engineers, in a
lecture given by him at the British
Royal Geographical society recently.
He also brought to light the fact that
the city of Samarrah. which is now a
comparatively unimpOrtant town, at
period before the Christian era must
have been one of the most pOpulOus
trading centers of the East The an
cient city was 20 miles in length and
21a in width, and it is estimated that
it contained about 100000 inhabit-
ants. There were miles of walls ana
warehouses, and it formed a cOnverg-
ing point for caravans from a vast
area. Another city in MesOpOtamia,
the lecturer said, showed traces OF
having been laid out on theIines of a
modern American city.
Smyrna times., 1920-01-21
Electric Fire Loqs.

Electric fire logs, which have been
used on the stage for several years,
are now available for other uses.
These fire logs are made of imitation
wood, consisting of three or more logs
naturally grouped for interior fire
places and outdoor campfres. The logs
are of translucent material and as
bestos, REINFORCED with metal, and are
made hollow for the insertion of cleo
trio bulbs. The bark and cut ends
of the logs are artistically designed
and hand-painted to give the natural
appearance of partially burned logs
BY shading the translucent and
opaque parts properly and providing
for reflection from below, the logs.
when illuminated, glow with the nat.
ural bright and darker, shading Of
burning wood logs. The fire logs can
also be obtained in the form of a
large wood log with imitation ash
heap, for large Old-fashloned fireplaces.
Smyrna times., 1920-01-21
MAKE BOATS WINTER HOMES
Londoners Partially Solve Housing
Question by Living on the Thames
Close to the City

The housing question is being SoIV''
IN a novel wav between Thames Dlttor
and Hampton court. Unable TO obt'h"
a room occupants of h0uSehoats are
continuing TO live in their h0atlh|
homes. and in one harkwater. Is h'llF'
from London, hOuSebOatS are artuali'
heing built for winter occupation. Lon
don Answers states.
They are mOOred by tree-SheltPr"
bank. But you are roo late +" hl'l''
for them-they are all taken. en-
wonders what will happen when II"
floods begin.
Bungalows, which usually see ne
human soul save during the y"
weather are also finding winter 'Pi'
ants. A fve-rOom bungalow "I
Thames Ditton island cost p shilling
a week until April There may be !.
few of these left One is at presen'
occupied by a demolished soldier hu'
whether he will find Thames mist
easier to stand than Flanders mud re-
mains TO he seen For thP time hPln'
he is quite cheerful however. and hay
ing sought a house in vain, does ~"
cavil at having to start his Journey Il
London each day by boat.
Our ideas change according to on
necessities. II was stated the 0the
day thai distracted man had app!ie'
10 the government to let him 'pil
box"
Smyrna times., 1920-01-21
Grain Grading School.

In Portland, Ore, a new kind of
school has heen started which has no
truant officer. gives no degrees and
is attended by young and Old--college
graduates as well as some who didn't
go through high school. It's not a large
school-only SO at last reports, who
meet once a week for an intensive
course in grain grading. because they
are interested in grading grain under
federal standards, administered by the
United States department of agricul-
ture. The school is held once a week
outside of business hours in the Office
Of the federal grain supervisor. Among
the students are grain dealers, dock
superintendents and foremen, and
state grain men.
Smyrna times., 1920-01-21
Headlines and Hosiery.

Newspapers are said to be com
Portable covering for henchwarmerS /;
but who ever heard of stockings made
out of that material? AS matter of
fact, the product that goes to make
your fGvorite journal and artificial silk
hosiery that you can't tell from real
is exactly the same. You can now lay
the dangers of deforestatiOn at the
door of the economical fair sex rs
we'll as the journalist tribe, for both
stockings and wuXtries are made from
wood pulp.
This last year 10 million pairs OF
silk stockings so made were exported
from the United States-between two
and three times as many as in 1918
Smyrna times., 1920-01-21
Government Newspaper.

1t is not generally known that in case
the recent railwaymens dispute in
Great Britain had developed into a
general strike, and the public had been
unable to obtain its customary news
papers, arrangements had been made
for the production of a government
daily.
1t was to contain no editorial views
whatever, but simply a record of what
was happening at home and abroad.
Five million copies would have been
circulated by a squadron of $50 aero
planes. The governments idea was
that the dangers of a general strike
would be enormously enhanced if the
general public did not know what was
going on.
Smyrna times., 1920-01-21
DOES WELL WITH ONE ARM
EnoIishman Apparently Little lneon'
venienced by the Loss OF HIS
Riaht "Wing."

Anropos our recent photograph on
feats nerformed by armless men, con-
tributor, who lost his right arm when
he was a youth. sends an interesting
account of the ingenious manner IN
which he carries on in spite OF MS
handicap.
81 get up at seven o'clock" he says
wash. shave, scrub my finger-nails oV
holding a small nail-brush between my
teeth. and dress myself without any
help. To fill a pipe and strike
match is an easy matter, while years
ago I learned to write with my left
hand.
81 often play whist, and can place
my cards together as quickly as any
one. But l find my chief delight ana
enjoyment in playing the piano or or
gan. l love both. do not play with
my left hand only, but play the lower
notes with a stick in my mouth.
81 can open a boiled egg and eat IT
as quickly as anyone with their two
hands, while in regard to wrapping up
a parcel and securing the same with
string, l challenge any grocer to DO
the job more neatly.
"Peeling an apple is quite simple.
can open a penknife in an instant.
mo one need despair who has lost
one of their arms. 1t is awkard at
first, but after few weeks it is sur
prising what one can do for them
selves. So to all who have lost an
arm say: 'CheeriO! 1t might have
been worse r-LondOn Tit-Bits.
Smyrna times., 1920-01-21
Air Travel de Luxe.

The airship "R 33" has been making
a tour of the French battlefields, says
the London Sphere, and it carried
chef and gave it's passengers French
cooking. and real beds, with sheets.
''On September IS" says the same pa
per, during a flight from Amsterdam
to England, this lunch was served on
a passenger airplane: Salmon mayon-
nAise, cold chicken, fruit salad and
wine. Prom the Outlook.
Smyrna times., 1920-01-21
Community Singing.

81 see community singing is becom-
ing a fad in many towns"
"What is it?"
'The merry villagers idea boosted
a notch, l take it."
"HOw?"
Instead of dancing on the green.
we assemble in community centers
and mingle our VOICES in jazz madri-
gals and syncopated glees. Louis
vile Courier-Journal.
Smyrna times., 1920-01-21
Limits.

prohibition will not prevent the
moon from getting full" remarked an
exchange. Nor the bases, we may add.
Neither win It prevent the fog from
getting dissipated.--New Haven Regis.
ter.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-09-23
AMERICAS BABY
CROP FOR 1919
A WHOPPER

New York, Sept. 23-America' :
baby crop in 1919 was a new record
says the American Child Hygiene As
sociation.
An annual preliminary report on
vital statistics by that organization
covering data from 269 cities with an
aggregate population Of $1,000, 600
SHOWS the infant mortality rate de.
chhed TO the encouraging figure of 81
deaths per 1000 babies" a saving of
nearly 10000 babies over ths 1915
rate and 1000 fewer deaths than IN
1917.
IN the cities covered by the report
$4,000 births were recorded, while
IN the entire country it is estimated
there are 2,50O,OOO newcomers annual.
". All Of the cities included have
populations of 10000 or more
Babies seemed to thrive well in
some OF the larger cities. where
formerly the death rate was very
nigh Among the "a cities Of more
than 25O,OOO population reported, ten
We're below the average for the 269
and the death rate for the group was
3d. two points below the general av.
erage.
Ten years ago" the report said
" was the aim of many depart.
ment of health to see this rate fall
below the 100 mark. In 1919, only
four OF the "a larger cities wera above
it,"
One of these was Pittsburgh. the
smoky City where the rate was
ll5. Buffalo with 107. Kansas CITY.
Mo-, with lO3 and Jersey City, N. j.
with l02 were the others.
Houston, Tex. was the best babv.
raising ground among the cities of
more than 100000 and less than $50
ooo with mark of G1. Berkeley. Cal,
mad a baby mortality rate Of A. while
Brookline, Mass, with population
Of less than $4,000 led all the rest
with the healthy per centage of 40
New York City registered 50. st.
Louis scored Is, Los Angeles and San
Francisco 81 and IS. respectively.
Minneapolis 81 and Seattle. 54.
FL Paso, Texas, had the worst
showing with 245, Burlington. VT.
was next with l50 Ell Paso, however.
is not in birth registration area, ac.
cording to the report.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-09-23
NO PASSPORT NEEDED
TO BAHAMA ISLANDS


Miami Sept. 23.-To be able to 20
to Bimini and other islands OF the
Bahama groups without having to go
through all the formality of provid-
ne photographs, birth certificate, etc.
required in securing passport, will
be a great attraction to the winter
tourists during the coming season.
This news was received in a letter
Yesterday from enator Duncan u.
Fletcher, addressed to Thomas J.
Peters, Miami, as follows:
Executive Order, dated Septem-
ber 18th. just issued. provides no
passports or permission to depart
from the United States shall be re-
quired of American citizens or aliens,
except hostile aliens and Russians,
leaving the United States for points
in the Bahamas, nor from those en-
tering the United States. except hos
tile aliens and Russians. directly from
the Bahamas. provided they have re-
sided therein for more than one year
Immediately preceding their entry in
to the United States. This, OF course,
covers Bimini.
"(Signed):
DUNCAN U. FLETCHER
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-09-23
SUGAR SELLING FOR "
CENTS IN ST. PETERSBURG

Sugar is selling here now for slight
ly more than II cents pound and H.
&c. Turner, manager of the Baker
Brothers store announced Friday that
Iit would drop to II cents before Jan.
and before the end of the year
would be back to the pre- war scale
of cents pound.
Two other stores in the city are
selling sugar at 10 cents a pound
The Baker Brothers store decreased
the price in sugar three weeks ago
and since then it has been on a grad
ual decline.
During the war sugar went to more
than 80 cents a pound. The decline
begun in the north and in Washing
| ton. D. G., sugar was selling for Is
cents pound three weeks ago. The
decline however was not felt here to
a great extent until Friday when Ba-
ker Bros. announced the drop. st.
Petersburg Times.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-09-23
FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL

Today | started to go to school;
] learned some words and number
rule;
/ drew some pictures with colored
chalk,
And teacher told me | mustn't talk !.
When recess came and we learned
some games,
I learned most all of the fellows
names.
And lots of them seemed to be all
right,
But one big boy tried to start fight.
Z makes me tired to keep so still.
/ don't like school and | never will
But the girl that sits right in FROM
Is just as pretty as she can be.
New York Tribune.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-09-23
VALUABLE BUSINESS
PROPERTY FOR SALE

That Cigar and Tobacco warehouse
on Ingram avenue, Lakeland, Fla.
known as the A. H. r. Co. building.
together with three lots, each 50x1OO
feet, also on Ingram Ave, corner
Rose, the said building to be removed
from its present location within three
months. Interested parties can COM
Dlunicate with A. A. Carver attor-
ney, Lakeland, or direct to owner,
John Fl Baker, York, Penna., for full
particulars as to price and terms.
5000
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-09-23
I UT THIS QUIT
Is WORTH MONEY

Cat out this Slip, enclose with SC
and mail it to Foley & Co., 1886 Shef
field Ave-, Chicago, ILL.,, writing your
name and address clearly. You will
receive in return trial package con
tanning Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound, for coughs, colds and Group |;
Foley Kidney Pills for pain In sides
and back: rheumatism, backache
kidney and bladder ailments; and Fo-
ley Cathartic Tablets, a wholesome
and thoroughly cleansing cathartic
for constipation, biliousness, head
ache, and sluggish bowels. For sale
by Henley's Drug Store.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-09-23
WHERE THE RAISINS WENT

Ten thousand stills are dripping
hard liquor in the state of Washing
ten, say the prohibition officials. This
explains where the l,400 per cent in
crease In raisin imports went. or
nloonshine, more than aught else, it
may truly be said There's a raisin
Portland 0regonian.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-09-23
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

IN COURT OF THE COUNTY JUDGE. POLK
COUNTY, STATE OF FL0RIDA.-In re Es-
tate OF Leila " Ward, Deceased
TO All Creditors. LeGaees Distributes ana All
Persons having Claims or Demands Aealns'
Said Estate
You, and each Of YOU. are hereby notified
and required to present any claims and de
mands which you or either of YOU, may have
against the estate Of Leila NJ. Ward de
ceased. late Of Polk county. Florida, 20 the
undersigned admnstratrix Of said estate with
In one year from date hereof.
Dated July goth, A. d. 1879.
LULA WARD.
1879 Administratrix. Lakeland fla
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-09-23

Richard }, Fuan, who received %
wounds during the war and recovered.
aas killed by lightning while seeking
shelter under a tree in Paterson, N. ],
Evening star., 1920-05-27
ice CREAM" FLYER ON
WAY FROM CLEVELAND
To Drop Tickets Over City Speed
ing to Boiling Field-President
to Get Part of His Cargo.

Tickets are TO be dropped from an air
plane today as il speeds over the city on
its way to Boiling Field and will entitle
each finder to quart of ice cream
The machine is the Ice Cream Special"
which was scheduled to leave Cleve-
land, Ohio, yesterday to arrive here in
time for a banquet given by number
of local merchants last night at
Rauscher's. Weather conditions pre-
vented the trip and the machine will not
arrive at Boiling Field until late this
afternoon
On the machine is large uuan-
tity of ice cream which will be dis
tributed to Washington hospitals.
President Wilson also will be invited
TO partake of some of the frozen deli
cacy which will be sent to the White
House.
The local merchants at the dinner
last night did not suffer from the lack
of Cleveland ice cream. as there was
plenty of the Washington variety on
hand. Carter B. Keane acted as
POSTMASTER. being introduced by
George w. Sacks of the Chaplin Sa cks
Company -
An orchestra furnished music The
program was interspersed with mu-
sical and vocal numbers furnished by
Mccormick and Wallace. the Lovett
company. both from the Cosmos Thea
ter: the Creole Fashion Plate. from
Keiths. and George O'Connor. Rep
resentatives Edward ID. Hays of Mis-
souri,, James +. Woods of Virginia and
A. r. Wilson of Pennsylvania made
addresses.
Evening star., 1920-05-27
FARE BURDEN TO BE STUDIED
Federal Employees Organization to
Conside Effect of Increase.

Study of the effect the recent in
crease in local street car fares has
on the incomes of government en-
ployes here is TO be made by the spe-
cial utilities committee of the Ma
tional Federation of Federal EN-
ployes.
This was decided upon at a meeting
last night The committee has pro-
tested against further increases in
utilities rates. and is preparing the
draft of a bill which would make the
Public Utilities Commission a body
separ rate from the District Commits
sioners.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-18

Exercises were held in Parish hall on Thursday evening, for the graduating class of the Sacred Heart school. The programme of Wednesday afternoon was repeated to the attending relatives and friends. of the graduating class. Miss Marie Rose Caron was presented with a gold medal, for being the pupil with the highest standing in the class. Also graduating honors were bestowed on the following: Marie Rose Caron, Marie Leona Bergeron, Eva Alice Dugas Ame- dee Joseph Dugas, Marie Helen Fontaine, Annie Agnes Hasler, Leona Eucharist Lamte tert, Noe Louis Lucier, Joseph Ma ruis Reguin and Theodule Joseph Snow
 The young ladies of St Veronica's T A. B. society are now making prepara- tions for the dance that is to be held tonight in Parish hall.
 Another game is scheduled for to- night in the twilight league, when the Lafayette team meets the Pinochle club The game scheduled for last Wednesday was postponed on account of rain.
 William Wohlleben and William Mil Ter, who went to Providence Wednes- day, where MT. Miller purchased new touring car, returned Thursday and motored to New London, where MT. Miller took out a license for his new car.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-18
STORMY WEATHER INTERFERRED
 WITH DELEGATES, ARRJVAT,

The stormy weather of Thursday had a marked effect on the number of dele gates who came for the Southern New England Conference of the Seventh Day Adventists which is to run for ten days. It is expected that many more delegates will register today (Friday) and by the end of the week there will be some 3oU in attendance Cities and towns repre- sented at the conference Thursday in- c'uded Norwich, Hartford Guilford. New Haven. Hebron. New London. South Manchester, Mariden. Willimantic. Mans field, New Britain, Danbury, Gales Fer
 rv, Wallingford. Bridgeport. Norwalk. Providence. Pawtuclket, R. l., Westerly R. L, Slocum, R. I.
 The Home Missionary Meetings.
 The programme for the Home Mis- sionary meetings to be held in conjunc- ton with the conference has been an- General meeting-Time announced from the platform.
 Suggestive topics: The Home Mission ary Movement (a) Its purpose and ob- | jectives (b) A cooperative organiza- ton, Elder Butler. Public Efforts. (a) City Missions and Restaurants, Elder | Uchtman (b) Gospel meetings in parks
 and residence districts. Elder Walleker Demonstration in Methods in doing mis- sionary work.
 Church officers meeting. Sunday. June 20th. Leadership in the Home Mission ary Movement. (a) Missionary leader (b) Missionary secretary. Gel Band lead CTS Duties and Responsibilities Gel Missionary ommittee-Membership and l Work, Elder Butler and Charles Dun ham.
 Monday, June 21st-Missionary meet ings. The Church a Training Center (a)
 Weekly Meetines. (bl Band Meetings | Co Fourth Sabbath, Time. Place and Ma
 lure of Missionary Meetings. Place of oul literature in finishing the work. Elder 1 Robinson.
 Tuesday, June 22-Home Foreigr
 Work (a) "The Stranger Within Oul 1 Gates" (b) The home foreign class with | in the church (c) Home foreign litera. i ture and roothods of circulation. (d) Tn, struction a equipment for Home For 1 eign class in the church, Brother Punch
 es
 | Wednesday, June 23-Bible and Med 1 ical Missionary Work by the Church. Ca i Special classes for more efficient train | ing Cb) Instruction in methods of work l Gel Paraphernalia for Bible workers ant l Medical Missionary classes. Mrs. A. T Robinson Relationship of the Publishe and Home Missionary Departments, Bro Fra nklin.
 Thursday June 24-Orsanizat ton ant reporting Cal Making the church an or ganized training center. (hl Methods il Missionary Organization, Elder Walleker 1 (c) Bands and Glasses, and How tc Form Them. Bro. Pettis. (d) The large 1 working and reporting membership. (e The reporting system explained. f l Methods in securing individual reports | (g) The Pulse Chart and Its Use. Eide 1 P1tIer and ChaS Dunham,
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-18
MUSICAL PROGRAMME BEFORE
 TRINITY MEMS CLu

The Mems Club of Trinity Episcopal church held a largely attended musi- cal at the Community House on Church street on Tuesday evening. The pro- gramme consisted of double quartette, single quartette and solo numbers rem dered by the Criterion double quartette of thi scity, sably led by James J. Moore, Miss Annie Taft gave fine interpre- tation of Spanish dancing and was en- cored several times. A vocal solo, Some where Voice Is Calling. was very pret- tily rendered by Miss Maida Wright, as was test, by members of Miss Camp bells Songsters. Miss Faith Curtis, vio- lin, and Miss Alice Williams, piano, gave a number of selections that were very much appreciated by the audiece. During intermission ice cream was sold, a num- Der of young ladies acting as wait resses A cake table presided over by three ladies found ready customers. The members of the club are very much pleased over the outcome of their efforts to provide an evening of music The duartette of Trinity church gave mum Der of pleasing selections during the evening.