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, 1921-06-30

The Ladies Home Mission Society
held a very interesting meeting at
the home OF Mrs. Thos. Lapham on
Friday afternoon Of last week. A
dainty lunch was served by the host
ess late in the afternoon. The next
meeting of the society will be held
on Friday. July 8.
Mr., and Mrs. c. H. Decker were
visitor in the city for several days
the latter part Of last week from the
oil fields on matters Of business and
and vkitin1s With friends.
H. sH. High Of the Ohio OIL Co.
was = visitor in the city from the
fields for a day OF SO the latter part
of last week on matters of business
connected with his company.
J.. Garvin spent several days In
Rawlins the latter payt of last week
from Split Rock attending to busi-
ness matters.
G. J. Hilliard spent a day or 30
here the latter part of last week
from Saratoga and was the guest OF
his brother, Carl Hilliard and Mrs.
Hilliard.
Judge p. P. Murphy has returned
from Denver where he has been
under the care Of physicians for the
past two weeks. Mr.. Murphy is con.
fined to his bed though somewhat
improved today. His many friends
hope for his speedy recovery.
Geo. E. Burke is spending several
days in the city this week from the
Sweetwater section attending to
business matters and visiting with
friends.
Mrs. d. r. Riddick and daughter
Miss Dorothy left Monday evening OF
this week for California where they
will spend several weeks sightseeing
and visiting friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Alden were
visitors here on Tuesday of this week
from Saratoga attending to matters
Of business! They returned home
the same evening. -
Mrs. F. A. Hadsell has been on
the sick list for several days the past
week but Is improving at this time.
, 1921-10-27
The Millennium.

Millennium is a term applied In
theology to the thousand years dur
Ing which Satan will be bound and
the martyred saints live and reign
with Christ - Revelations 20 :2-3.
This long triumph is to be preceded
by the decisive victory of Christ over
the adversary, and followed by a
general resurrection and the temper
AIRY release OF Satan then comes the
last judgment and the new heaven
and new earth-Revelations 20 :21.
Attempts to fix the date OF the ad-
vent, the second coming. the dawn OF
the millennium have been proved by
lapse OF time to have been failures,
Some of the dates that have been
fixed for the beginning OF the millen'
mum have been 1855. by a man named
Shilling; 1896. by Bengel; 1S43. by
Miller; 1896. 1867 and 1868. by DIR.
Cumming.
, 1921-10-27
ONE OF EARTH'S OLD STORIES
Legend Concerning "the Man
in the Moon."

The story of 'the man In the NOON
Is very old. Nearly everyone the world
over knows of the good-natured old
gentleman who watches from afar by
night to see that all goes we'll on this
globe. In many pictures the moon is
to be seen with a broad, smiling face
looking down on earth.
The presence of 'the man in the
moon was accounted for by the Chal-
leans. Egyptians, Greeks and Romans
with different stories. All the stories,
however, agreed in that the nan was
banished to the Don for unbecomlng
conduct on earth. But he evidently
didn't object to the change in abode.
On the contrary, his smile would seem
to indicate that he was highly pleased
with his new surroundings. And he's
still smiling. The moon must be a
good place to live on. But maybe the
old gentleman smiles because OF what
he sees. Who wouldn't?
The most modern story. though II is
hundreds of years old, Is that of the
old man who wen to a forest to col
lect wood for his fire. II was Sunday,
but still he needed warmth. An angel
met him returning with his bundle on
his shoulders. and asked him IL he had
forgotten It was Sunday. when all men
should rest. The weary old man re-
piled that Sunday and Monday were
alike to him, as he had to work every
day to feed and warm himself. The
angel said that as he could not observe
Sunday on earth he should observe
MONDAY" in heaven forever. so now
the man In the moon Is still seen on
a clear night. with the fagot of wood
on his shoulder.
, 1921-10-27
United state. Embassies.

A glance at the names of the few
countries where the United States
minister is appropriately installed in
his official mansion betrays a rather
eccentric choice. Instead OF London,
Paris, Rome. we find diplomatic resi-
dences In Bangkok. Pekin and Moroc-
co. The legation at Pekin is particu-
larry ~creditable, being Of substantial
masonry and placed In a spacious COM
pound. That so worthy a reservation
should have been acquired In the heart
OF Pekin might strike the traveller GU
riously. When did congress become
so generously well disposed toward
u diplomat In China? The rather
shame-faced answer is that we never
bought 1t. In the boxer rebellion Of
1900, United States marines occupied
that particular piece of territory, and.
In a sense. they have occupied 1t ever
since.-Terressa Long In Worlds
Work.
, 1921-10-27

invited him, as his own Office was too
small. Now hat his battle was owe
he wanted his reward.
"Well, my boy, 1 don't see any OBJ
lection If Phsllis doesn't" said the
colonel. you won your victory and
you deserve her. To tell you the truth,
l didn't think you'd do 1t, for the
Ninth seemed dead against us. I
couldn't stir to help you. I'd give
something to know what swung it
your way
Into the DON there burst Phyllis
a laughing, a happy Phyllis.
"Oh, daddy, 1 was listening again.
I'm so glad you want Charlie as much
as l do. And I'm SO happyl And
listen" She drew the two men conf
%dentially to her. 81 carried the Ninth
myself"
"What?" Colonel Cutler could hard
ly believe his ears.
Eyes, / did. You men were help
less-I knew that-but don't forget
that we women have votes and influ-
ence-and every girl in the Ninth is
a personal friend of minel Social
position does help, sometimes. / talked
to them and convinced them that
Charlie was the man. and they voted
for him and made their men friends
vote for him. That's ALL"
"Oh" Colonel Cutters voice was
amazed And what arguments did
you user Did you tell them what a
wonderful thing 1t would be for the
town and all that sort of thing?"
Il liz notl / told them-I told
them that Charlie and 1 couldn't get
married unless he was elected-and
that settled ii I"
, 1921-10-27
A Confession.

A little girl whose father is widely
Known as a writer of humorous sto-
rles, was recently approached by a
visitor who said:
ut must be nice I have a papa
who knows so many fine Stories"
The little girl blushed and hung her
head.
Aren't you proud of your papaT'
the visitor asked.
YES" the little girl answered, but
think l ought to tell you something"
what is it?'
'The stories of my papa's aren't
stories at ALL"
Not stories?"
NO"
And in n deep hoarse whisper, the
child confessed.
He makes them all up out Of his
own Neutrality-suspicious. Telegram.
, 1921-10-27

earth, for this baby is now four months
old and a healthier baby you would not
want. l am sending you a picture of
her. Everybody says, That is some
healthy looking baby You have my
consent to show this letter. Mrs. G.
w. BENZ, 131 3rd Ave-, Altoona, Pa.
No woman ian realize the joy and
happiness this healthy babe brought
into the home of Mrs. Benz, unless they
have had a like experience.
Every woman who suffers from any
ailments peculiar to her sex, as indica-
ted by backaches, headaches, bearing
down pains, Irregularities, nervousness
and 'tthe blues" should not rest until
they have given Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound a trial.
, 1921-10-27
She COULDN'T Be Sure.

The rather fiashily-dressed woman
took her fourteen-year-old daughter TO
the domestic science teacher. 81 want
her to learn to cook and sew" she
said, 80 that she can get a husband"
For n minute the teacher stared
at the woman Then a twinkle came
into her eyes. "Oh, l don't know
about that being so sure a way" she
laughed. you see l teach both and
| haven't yet obtained n husband"
, 1921-10-27
BY EDWARD W. PIckARp.

If the railway brotherhoods carry
october 80, the walk-out will not be
general. Most, II not all, of the eleven
unions affiliated with the big five"
brotherhoods will refuse to go out
with the latter. The railway mana
gers, with the aid of loyal employees,
pensioners and volunteers, will be
able to give the country at least a lin
tied service. The sympathy of the
American public will not be with the
strikers. For all these reasons, the
strike will be virtually a failure.
Such was the prediction of compe-
tent n unbiased observers Of the
critical situation of last week.
Spurred by he administration to
quick and decisive action. the railway
labor board went to Chicago and
called the heads of the brotherhoods
into conference with 1t there. The
proceedings were secret, and the
MO chiefs were given the oppor-
tunity to talk frankly and freely. Be
fore leaving Washington the public
group of the board consulted at
length with President Harding and
with h members of the interstate
commerce commits n, and it was Civ
en- out that the policy sanctioned by
the administration included these main
points:
!. Immediate suspension of the
strike order pending further negotia-
lions looking to a settlement.
2. Use of the brotherhoods' lnflu-
ence TO forestaIl strike orders by any
OF the other labor organizations now
Considering a walkout.
8. Proposal of a platform on which
final settlement might be reached, to
include these points. with the proviso
that there will be no strike:
(a) Withdrawal for a definite perl
cd of the proposed request by the
roads for the further 10 per cent wage
decreases.
(b) Immediate reduction OF freight
rates by the roads.
A program based on these was
placed before the union chiefs, but 1t
was noted that II left nj of consld-
Grafton the tive points which are actu-
ally at the bottom OF the strike threat.
These are the question Of time, and
the cancellation Of the existing rules
and working conditions. Ostensibly
the strike. II II comes, will be on the
matter of wage reductions. but the
two points mentioned are the real bone
Of contention. On this fact is based
the prediction that the allied unions
will not support the brotherhoods in
n walk-out, for the "big Ave" leaders
ave refuses TO give the other unions
any pledge that they would not call
on the strike OF the brotherhood men
II they obtained working concessions
The other unions realize that they
might very likely be left TO hold the
bag.
The final attitude OF these so-called
STANDARD unions was to be deter
mined at n series OF conferences which
began In Chicago Wednesday and con,
tinued during the rest OF the week.
Railway executives were not talking
much beyond saying that they would
do their utmost TO nov necessities.
But, OF curse, they nave been prepar
ing for some time 10 combat the strike
and, It Is said, have agreed upor
the general policy OF operating mail
passenger and milk trains first, nnt
increasing the freight traffic as rap
idly as men can be obtained. The,
count on getting thousands Of trair
service men who have been laid OF
and are still out Of work, and alread,
, 1921-10-27
JOY BROUGHT
into Home
By Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound, Restoring
Mrs. Benz to Health
Altoona, Pa.-"I am writing to tell
you what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable

Compound has done
for me. We have
had six children
die almost at birth.
From one hour to
nineteen days is all
they have lived. AS
/ was going to have
another, I took a
dozen bottles of your
Vegetable Com
pound and / can say
that it is the great
-
, 1921-10-27
We'll Named.

Professor ~tendeavoring TO Impress
on class the definition Of cynic)-
Young man. what would you call n
man who pretends TO know every
thing7
Senior-A professor i-Lebigh Burr.
, 1921-10-27
Two Resemblance.

she-Did you ever see the two
Jacksonsf
He-Yes.
Don't you think the boy is a perfect
photograph Of his father7"
Yes; and ! think the girl Is the
photograph of her mother"
, 1921-10-27
Switching Facilities.

Did | understand you to say Sena-
tor Snortsworthy has a single track
mind?'
"You did not. Judging from the num-
Der of times the enator has reversed
himself on important questions his
mind must resemble a railroad yard
, 1921-10-27

It's seldom s~elfishness hat prompts
a man to keep his troubles to himself.
, 1921-10-27
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Strenuous Efforts Being Made to
Prevent the Threatened Rail-
way Strike.
DlSSENSIONS AMONG UNIONS

Government Recommends Reduction Of
Rates and Delay Of Wage Cut Re-
Guest-Senate RatIies Peace
Treaties With Central Pow
ers-Attempt on Am
bassador HerrIck's
Life
, 1921-10-27

The military movement against the
government In Portugal eliminated in
a successful coup which forced the
resignation OF the ministry. Troops
occupied strategic positions In Lisbon
and Its environs. and though there was
little opposition. several cabinet mem.
bers were killed. A new ministry
was formed by Manuel Maria Coelho.
once a well-known revolutlonlst.
, 1921-10-27
A Feminine
Victory
By HART.


q. 1921. by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-06-28
SENSE vs.. FORMALITY

Though this is a democracy and Great Britain
a monarchy, that country has more direct and
informal methods of getting results than the United
States ever ventures to employ. This is Illustrated
in the invitation to Eamonn de Valera. the presi-
dent of the Irish Republic to go to London and
confer with the premier with view to securing
peace in Ireland.
If it had been this country. we simply could
not have extended such invitation We couldn't
have recognized him. Official Washington would
have felt under obligations to deny even the ex-
istence of any such person as Valera, and as to
letting the secretary of state meet him and talk the
situation over face to face, it would have been
unthinkable.
Our state department is world famous for its
ncn.recognition of disagreeable things In broad
and exalted way. it adopts the tabled habit of the
ostrich as national policy-burying its head in
The sands of red tape and official dignity and
swearing that what it refuses to look at doesn't
exist. To cur state department there is no such
place as Mexico. ThatNstrenuous republic is an
empty vcd And Russia is merely an extension
Of the Black Sea and Arctic ocean. Even its
history has passed out Of our official ken.
We may be sure if Washington were London.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-06-28
THE DECLINING MARKET

From about 1872 to 1896 the business of this
country was done a declining market Prices
of everything were slowly settling down.
In spite of that fact it was period of national
development. 1t was the greatest railroad build
ing period in cur history. Many of our largest man
ufacturing establishments were put on foot be-
tween these dates. Some of o1r greatest com
mercial and banking institutions were established.
While the opportunity for speculation was not
great and business had to go forward cautiously,
it was, upon the whole, very satisfactory period.
Prices declined year by year, but after the hrst
few rushes and counter attacks, they went down
so gradually that there was ample time to dispose
Of old stocks at fair profit The merchant
learned valuable lessons of the value of the quick
turnover, the small profit the cautious purchase,
and the economical management of his business.
The greatest merchants we have in America today
were developed within that period, and business
methods were formed which have protected those
veterans against the temptations of punging during
the Speculative period which brought to grief far
more than were forced out by the decline in
prices
That we are entering upon another long period
of declining prices seems evident. The causes
which are assumed to have brought about the
former period are in evidence to greater degree
than in 1872 This is not to be faced with re-
gret. On the contrary, it is-to be welcomed as a
period in which economy, management, attention
to business and the application of business prn-
cples will count for more than sheer luck in the
fight for success Business is essentially sound in
this country, though here, as everywhere, it is
seriously handicapped by high taxes, and there is
every reason why conservatism should be sup
ported by optimism and faith in the future of
America.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-06-28
GOVERNMENT PUBLICITY

Should newspapers continue to donate their
space to. the government for advertising? Those
who are inclined to answer in the affirmative
saying that newspapers should be patriotic and
public spirited-would doubtless take a different
view if they comprehended the real status and ef-
feet of this mammoth publicity graft.
When the government wants coal or copper it
goes out and buys it. When it wants men it
hires them When it wants money it borows it.
But when it wants to notify the public that it is
in the market for coal, copper, men or money, some
clerk sits down and draws up a long-winded no
tice, with two or three readers attacked and
sends them to all the papers in the country know
ing that a great many of them will publish these
notices gratuitiousy.
The government makes the newspaper the goat.
AT the same time it charges full postage rates for
sending papers through the mail, demands an ac-
counting to the last penny of the publishers in
come and exacts every cent of taxes from him
that the traffic will bear" Probably every paper
in Florida. if it charged the government the same
rate for advertising that it charges the banker or
the merchant would have bills ofscttng its postage
presents each year.
and income taxes, with enough left for Christmas
Space is the publishers stock in trade It's
what he sells TO provide bread ar,4 butter, and
what he must sell to avoid going to the wall.
Is there any more reason why he should give it
to the government or to any other institution than
that the grocer should give his canned peaches or
-four, or the clothcr his hats and neckties? The
principle is exactly the same.
Publicity costs the publisher money He must
either lose it. or charge other advertisers enough
TO make up for it, A paper is business enter
prise, and so, for that matter, is the government
The patriotic duty to stand by the govcrnment"
in time of need cannot be translated into special
duty applying to one particular class 10 donate
valuable property to the government while every
body else is selling.
This question has been up many times and
nothing has been done about it; but now that
the country is entering upon an era of peace, high
taxes and probably declining prices, with the ne
cessity of sound business methods extending to pub
lie and private business alike, the time is ripe for
the newspapers of the country, backed by the pub
lie. to take a decisive stand and wipe out this
whole system of free publicity, thus putting pub
fishers upon the same basis as ether men who have
public necessity to sell.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-06-28

is to place the funds raised by recent bond issue
in the county for the Dixie Highway on this high
way at an even rate per mile. That is, every
mile of the Dixie Highway in the county which is
to be improved is to receive from the county the
same amount of money. This will improve the
Dixie Highway through St. Lucie SO as to give a
workable road. In addition to this, the federal
department is TO furnish an amount Of money equal
to that provided by the county and state and this
money is to be placed on any fifteen miles in the
county which the commissioners select. The state
will furnish gang of convicts, presumably thirty
five, together with an immense ten-ton tractor, a
twclve-foot grader and other machinery necessary
and available, together with whatever other para
phernalia the state department can get at the time.
This machinery and gang of convicts is to stay an
the co0nty until the Dixie Highway is put in per-
feet condition.
Because the East Coast leg of the Dixie High
way is one of the most travelled roads In the state,
the work to be done in St. Lucie will have a
wide Importance and afford an object lesson as to
what other counties can achieve by taking advan-
tage Of the state program.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-06-28
FUTURE OF CITIES

(Henry Ford in Dearborn independently
Cities have work to do, but when that work
is DONE cities will cease. Cities are schoolrooms
through which most of the population of the
country has been passed and the pupils get out
of them again as quickly as they The move
ment of the country to the city and the city to
the country is a movement that will some day
empty the cities and transform the country In
the cities men learned how to live, and now that
they carrying that learning into the country,
the function of the city as place of residence
to be about done. AS central assembling
plants and distributing points, of the cities
might continue to exist but not as living places
for hundreds of thousands of people The city
had part to play in the civilization of mankind,
but that part has been played.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-06-28
AS Others See Ii
THINGS THAT COUNT

(The Outlook
Not what we have, but what we use,
Not what we see, but what we choose
These are the things that mar or bless
The sum of human happiness.
The things near by, not things afar,
Not what we seem. but what we are
These are the things that make or break,
That give the heart its joy or ache.
Not what we dream, but what we do
Not what seems fair, but what is true,
These are the things that shine like gems,
Like stars in fortunes diadems.
Not as we take, but as we give,
Not as we pray, but as we live
These are the things that make for peace,
Both now and after time shall cease.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-06-28

all of Ireland would be Ulster. and Valera would
be as non-existent as the Cyclops. But Lloyd
George is less sophisticated. 1t strikes him that
as there is an ugly situation in Ireland which
might be remedied by getting the leaders of the
Sim Fem rebellion to sit down and talk it over.
the obvious thing to do is to let the president of
that imaginary country come and present his case.
That is common sense, and will probably lead to
some kind of settlement Of the Irish embroglio; but
think how it smashes diplomatic dignity.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-06-28
UNLUCKY DAYS

Some days the luck is all against us; misfor-
tune with barbed wire has fenced At early.
morn we leave couches and feel possessed
of grievous grouches; step upon a tack
rising, and hand out language most surprising,
such adjectives start pink blisters upon the
eardrums of our sisters. We do smiling and
joking; the breakfasts late, the stove is
smoking; the soft boiled eggs are hard as thun-
der, the biscuits are an asphalt wonder And
when leave homes, proceeding to daily
tasks. our bosoms bleeding, our bald and beastly
luck continues; fall block and spran some
sinews auto hits with it's fender and le4Mes
us bruised and sore and tender; and all the
bores have been stunning come round us now,
and come a-running: and soon we note with ire
and loathing that rain has spoiled our spring
clothing; and bill collectors sterny trail u.s. and
threaten they will and jail us. We meet all
accidents that bore most, and everything is hind
end foremost. You've known such days, and did
you weaken and let the briny tears start NAkin'?
Or did you rear on end serenely, with grace and
dignity most queenly, and say, Though fate be
raw and clammy, I'll show that l am Sunny
Sammy?" ,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-06-28
ST. LUCE TO THE FRONT

According to the Fort Pierce News nbune
fifteen miles of the Dixie Highway in the north
ern end CT that county will be rebuilt as state
highway and with state and federal aid, supple
mented by county bond issue. The fifteen mile
route selected begins at the Sebastian river which
forms the boundary line between Brcvard ard ST.
Lucie counties and continues southwark to the
growing town of Nero dozen miles or more
north of Fort Pierce. This matter of federal aid
is of such general interest that the ST Lucie pro-
gram is Of considerable Importance. The county