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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-05-05
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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-14
As Others See 1t
POOR PARENTS PRODUCE
WORLD FAMOUS MEN
(Florida Metropolis. }

Italians all over the world are celebrating the
6OOth anniversary of the death of their country
man, Dante Alighieri one of the greatest writer's
of all time.
Have you read Dante's "Inferno?' Maybe not
But years ago, when you were boy, a book agent
with ball-bearing tongue probably sold a copy
to your mother, and you may recall looking at
the terrible pictures of sinners writing in hell
Dante, born of poor family, put in long
time rolling pills in small Italian drug store
His parents, without wealth, gave the world a
treasure
That should inspire poor people who wonder
what the future will bring to their boy. iust
starting to school,
Wealth and Il home of luxury are not necessary
for success of children It's what's born in them
plus what their mothers teach them that counts
Aesop, greatest writer of fables was slave
Charles Dickens toiled in a shoe factory.
Shakespeares father was a glove maker. The
poet Keats was the of hostIer
James Watt, inventor of the steam engine was
the son of a small storekeeper who ended in
bankruptcy
Christopher Columbus. discoverer OF America.
was the of wool comber
Benjamin Frankn's father was candle maker
The locomotive was invented by George Steph-
enson, son Of coal7mine stoker
So it goes in all countries
Open encyclopedia For every famous per
son born to wealth. you'll find 100 born and raised
in poverty.
Lincoln, born in log cabin, from rail-splitter
to president, Edison, train boy. Rockefeller. a
bookkeeper. Irving Berlin, millionaire. who in .
vented ragtme, remembers when he sang for
nickels in New Yorks Chinatown
1t is the plain people that give the nation its
great men of power and genius The snobs NAV
look down on them, but they are the real quality
people the parents of the mighty and superior
When family gets rich it usually runs to
seed
The future of your children does not depend
on how much money the old man packs in his
wallet.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-14
HARD ON HIRAM

Low lies the form of Hiram Horner out in his
boneyard bower; he swung his car around a cor
ner at forty miles an hour. He might have
made the curve at twenty, with safety first in
view, for he had time to spare aplentv. M
urgency he knew. Before him stood mighty
boarding that shut the street from sight; but
madly he went henry -fordng and turned sharp
to the right. Around the turn truck was plug
gng, truck of ample power, and into it old Hi
went chugging at forty miles an hour. 1t was
mad and foolish caper for one possessed Of
brains, and with a sheet of plotting paper we
soaked up his remains. Now other fools NAV 90
a-fying, inviting sudden DEATH but Hiram in his
crate is lying, beneath the dewey heath, And
other nuts will make us SILVER as I'D the nike
they pass, but Hiram, in his little fivver. no
more steps on the gas And fans will still be
pinched for speeding and made to dig up rocks
but Hiram Horner, little needing is resting in
his box. Oh, horns will honk and cut-outs thun-
der and cylinders will hit, but poor old Hi is
sleeping under three wagon-loads of grit.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-14
TAKING THE RIGHT COURSE

kissimmee according to a news report, is build
ing community kitchen for the benefit Of the tin
can tourists and taking other steps to encourage
them to Stop in that fine progressive little city.
hat is the right course. 1t is sowing seed
which VIII yield bountiful harvest in due time
his season is going to be poor time for skinning
northern visitors. The pecunary sense Of the north
IS quite different from what it was this time last
year, and the diameter and circumference of the
almighty dollar has greatly increased.
Florida will have its visitors as usual probably
as many Of them as last year; but unless we are
greatly mistaken, they are going to demand full
dollars worth for every hundred cents they spend
in our midst, They have perfect right to do
that; and the habit Of doing it will make them all
the better citizens when they finally make up their
MINDS many of them will, to cast their lot per-
mancntly among us. Cities like Kssimmee that
Start in with the determination to make them feel
al home will gel just as much profit cut of them in
camps and start in tic levy all the traffic will bear.
Lakeland is favorite with tourists because it
has always treated them right Few complaints of
prohteering have ever been made here, and the
same people come back year after year, assured
OF hearty welcome and pleasant season. That
IS the correct method and the right spirit. 1t will
DC coed business, we'll as sound humanity, to
keep them both in operation next winter.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-14
THE MOSQUITO CAMPAIGN

Mosquitoes like the poor are always with us,
and we ale strongly inclined TO accept the one
with the same comp acency as the other. But in a
correct scheme of things neither would exist. If
the world ever learns justice and acquires the sense
of fair play there will be no poor. If it ever
grasps the fundamentals of hygiene there will be
no mosquitoes.
Doubtless the latter will go first. A good many
Florida cities are wagng war on them with evil
dent prospects of success ST. Petersburg, which
is nothing if not progressive, is starting vigorous
and well-planned campaign. Commenting on it
the Times of that city makes the following sage
remarks:
Some Florida cities. like the ostrich hide
their heads in the sand and deny the pres
ence OF that pest-the mosquito-in their
vicinity It's all very well to deny that there
are mosquitoes in Florida. But the fact re-
mains that they are here and will be here
Just so long as cities do not take progressive
steps to rid themselves of the insects
st Petersburg believes that the shame lies
in allowing conditions TO exist which breed
mosquitoes and not in the having the pests
themselves For that reason. st. Petersburg
admits that they here but in the same
breath begins steps to drive them out The
health department of the city is engaged in
campaign TO ferret out the breeding places
OF the pests and to destroy them. The cam
pagn has been given the approval of state
health authorities and should have the CO.
operation OF all citizens.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-14

disadvantage of being expected to accept his gen.
eral notions as orthodox. 1t is only among the
Protestants that he is accepted wholly upon his
merits as an imaginative poet.
This fact must be kept in mind in considering
of the eulogies upon his work. AT the same
time, rejection of its theological connection should
not lead the student to reject it as worthless
AS we said in the beginning, it is great poetry and
ii deserves a good deal more reading than it gets.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-14
Laugh Line
A Calamity

A Calamity
What is the matter, dearest%
"Somefin awful's happened, man.
ma"
Well, what is it sweetheart"
My d-doll got away from me and
Invoked plate in THE pantry. =.
Spare Moments.
Persistence
Why is red tape so difficult to get
rid OFF,
Because replied Senator Sor-
ghum, lit requires extraordinary care.
in dispensing with old red tape, to
avoid inventing new variety
Not Exactly
Yes, Miss Roxley and l are
strangers now said Tom. "Ive been
asked not to call there again."
You don't say so" said Dick. 81
suppose old Roxley had a hand in
that?'
"Well-er-not a hand exactly
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-14
A feather is a light
little thing

by ltsef-but did you ever try carrying feather
bed upstairs?
On the smaller items such as collars, handkerchefs,
carriers, you can't notice much difference between
our prices and Others
But on Shirts -Eiats-Suits and the larger purchases
the bulkiness of our values are felt
More than ever we laying stress on our low
prices and our ability to save you money
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n1n:z1z
NLAkELAND's BEST CLOTHES sAop~
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-14
Daily Poem
KER WAY
(William Rose BeneO

(William Rose BeneO
/ You loved the hay in the meadow,
Flowers at noon,
/ The high clouds long shadow,
| Honey of June,
4 The flaming woodways tangled
With fall on the hill,
/ The towering night star-spangled
! And winter-still.
Ard you loved freight faces,
The hearth, the home
Your mind on golden traces,
London or Rome.
On quantly-colored spaces
! Where heavens glow
With his quaint saints embraces
Angelica.
In cl0iater and highway
Gold Of God dusD,
And many an elfin byways
You put your trust
y crock and table,
Love and of day,
And light OF storied stable
Where kings must pray.
Somewhere there is village
For YOU and me, =.
Hearth, and tillage-
Where can it be?
Prayers when birds awake,
Daily bread,
Toll for His sunlit sake
Who raised us dead.
With this in mind you moved
Through love and pain,
Hard through the long road proved,
You turned again
With heart that knew its trust
Not ill-bestpfed,
With this you light the dust
That clouds my road.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-14
BRITAIN BACKING DOWN?
(Tampa Times.)

That both the British and the Irish Ioadors
sincerely desire peace is evident from sucb scrans
of correspondence between them as are given ont
to the public. Both parties would stand to lose
by further continuance of the war between
them, and neither would gain anything 1t would
simply embitted both sides, and make a future
reconciliation impossible. Although deadlock
had seemed to result from the previous confer
ences, both sides have shown disposition TO
consider the breach not impossible of bridg
ing over The only fly in the ointment lust now
seems to be the refusal of the Obstetrics to have
anything to do with southern and Catholic Ire
land, 1t seems pity to let the obstinacy of that
province stand in the way of ii peaceful and sat.
lsfactory settlement Lloyd George should de-
vote his energies to bringing Ulster into line.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-14

Cricket Hicks received a letter at
the postoffice yesterday and in the ex-
element he like to of turned over the
ink bottle.
The Deputy Constable this week is
looking for fellow who came
through here the other day selling
spectacles and tinware He struck
the man S trail in the dusty road on
Musket Ridge and tracked him for
some distance, when the trail was
lost. The man drove two horses, one
taller than the other, and if anybody
runs across any such tracks they are
equested to notify the Deputy imme-
diately.
The PROJECT on foot TO shorten the
road btween here and Rye Straw by
making it lot straighter, has about
fell through. If the road is made
shorter it is true the public would get
there quicker but there is nothing for
them to do after they get there.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-14

The curlew law is only another thing to violate
] 0 that extent it contributes to the crime wave
as dc all laws which interfere with the personal
rights Of the Individual
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-14

No doubt the thing that embitters Spain just at
this writing is the conviction that those ungrateful
Morcccans are incapable of self government, and
really ought net to be trusted with fire arms.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-14

James Hamilton Lewis to the rescue sounds
Ike straw tossed to a drowning man.
Times Union
Or a glass of Vostead Green River" to a
man who is ahrst.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-14

A proverb is half-truth for the instruction of
the half-witted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-29

$500 36-Inch Silk and Wool Ratine $2. 50 Selling Monday exactly half it's regular price An imported material Mdndsn in tan pink white ivory and $2.5O 36-Inch Black and White Check Louisine $1.75 Soft silky finish, exceptional quality that would sell ularly at $2.25
 36-Inch All-Silk Tricolette $3.5O excellent quality low price, DseTn searn " Togd. This quality sells $35O $2.OO 54-Inch Black and White Check Serge $1.25
 $2.OO 40-Inch French Serge SIPS
 New plaids and stripes, for sports skirts. $500 54-Inch French and Storm Serge $15O An allwool sponged and shrunk, in navy blue only <
 36-Inch Silk Popln 75c
 Black and all the colors; excellent quality
 $1OO 36-Inch White China Silk 35c excellent quality Innings; sells regularly at $100
 $35O 60Inch Jersey Tubing $2.5O In white, gray navy and sells regularly at $35.
 4O-Inch Black Satin Charmeuse $1.18 High pstsg a fRs sa quality MsndaH sn that sells S175 Smiths Second Floor Double Gold Stamps Monday
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-29

4O-Inch Crepe de Chine $1.49 Seldom $250; excellent quality, in black white all the best coors of the season 40 inches wide
 36-Inch Coin Dot Silk Batiste 75c large range of colors with white dots, good quayi ses regularly at SIPS.
 4O-Inch Crepe de Chine $225 extra heavy all the wanted coors, n @ OE cudng black and white regular ss5O value Monday 9AAC
 40-Inch Canton Crepe 19S Beautiful quality Crepe white the wanted sport shades %asdsS tas quality M sells regularly at ss5o. $1.98 36-Inch Satin Striped Crepe Shirting 75c shirts it unequaled lovely white grounds with satin stripes in many colors.
 36-Inch Satin Duchess $165 An excellent quality Wash Satin lustrous quality for under wear, camsoles, dresses, at less than mill cost.
 $2.5O 36-Inch White Pongee $1.50 excellent heavy quality for skirts dresses and suits, full 36 inches; sells regularly CT E0 at $250. Monday VAsOV
 $500 36-Inch Chiffon Taffeta $165 Soft usrous shimmerng quality for dresses; black gray and brown sells regularly at CT cE $500 Monday QAsUJ #se SteeleSmiths Second Floor
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-09-14

Distinction i'm every line
--.that is what is i'm ev-
cry garment of the big
shipments arriving every
day in our Ready-to-
Wear Department. See
the beautiful Suits, Coats
and Wraps we are show
ing.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1921-10-13

EFF David could know" he said
YEARLY, Il believe he'd be glad al
done It. Anyway. it makes me feel
better"
Ben Littleford put big hand on
John Morelands shoulder.
Yes" he agreed, "ef David could
know about 1t, he'd be glad at We done
1t, John. The hain't no doubt o. that.
And who can say he don't know about
it?"
Elizabeth learned Of 1t early on the
following morning. When breakfast
was over, she whispered to john X.
Dale that there was something she
had to show him. She wouldn't tell
him anything in advance. So he went
with her to see for himself.
When at last they stood inside the
weatherbeaten palings, Elizabeth
pointed and said:
Look there. and thank GodI"
Dale looked and saw. Tie color left
his face. then came back. He shut his
eyes, swayed little on his feet, OBJ
ened his eyes, looked and saw again.
He turned to the young woman with
a great JOY shining on his face.
Il haven't been SO glad" he told
her, for twenty-five years"
The chiseling awa7 Of the lower five
lines had not only obliterated the
curse: it had left an almost perfect
cross. Then John Moreland's bare.
cold and tireless hands had gone to
work and made it, IN every respect, a
perfect cross
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1921-10-13

tionate cordlality. A roaring fire wa
soon going in the best room, and oil
Dale was given the cosiest of tn
/ sheepskin-lined rockers. Ben Little
ford, washed scrupulously clean o
coal smut, sat near the guest of honor
John Moreland, who was so thought
full that he seemed to hear and Sc,
nothing, sat close to Ben Littleford.
Suddenly Dale looked toward hi.
host and asked: "Where Is nv SON p
At that moment Dale the younger
In boots and corduroys, appeared In
the outer doorway and answered for
himself:
Here he is, father. Are you well p
Dale the elder arose, and their
hands clasped warmly. Young Dale
then shook hands with Elizabeth. who
blushed in spite of herself as she
faced him.
To hide her confusion, Elizabeth
turned to the tall and lanky By Heck,
who had come in behind Bill Dale.
"How are you, By?" she greeted
him.
"Hongry," grinned BY Heck, taking
her hand awkwardly. II never ct
nothin' but couple O. baked 'possums
and peck or two o. sweet 'taters TO-
dinner, and I've been as busy as the
dev--as thunder a'doin' nothin' ever
sence. DOM nothing shore does make
me hongry, M-M-M-Miss Babe"
Supper was announced, and they
went into a long, log-walled room that
served as both kitchen and dining
ROOM
Bill Dale sat beside his father and
talked of nothing but coal veins-big
and little coal veins, long and short,
broad and narrow, deep and shallow.
blue and black coal veins. Babe Lit
tleford, who wouldn't marry him, who
had come back to the hills to torture
him with beauty that he had never
believed possible in any woman,
shouldn't know that he was even
thinking of her!
He talked coal with his father until
bedtime, and he was wiser in the ways
of the black diamond when nine
o'clock came. After Ben Littleford
had haltingly conducted family pray
ers-and in this he mentioned even
the Balls, Turner's and Torreys-Bill
Dale babe them ell good night and
started for his office to sleep. rolled In
n blanket on the floor. There was a
lack of beds at Ben Littlefords that
night.
A little later, John Moreland drew
old Ben out to the cabin yard. The \
skies were clear, and the moon was
shining brightly; everywhere there
was beauty and peacefulness.
Ben" softly. "I've got to bother ye
a minute, as late as 1t is. wanted We
to find me a hammer and chisel and
a lantern"
I've got EN- all three right thar
In the house." replied Littleford. "But
what'n the name o. Torment and
do We want with a ham,
mer and chisel and lantern, John,
old friend?'
The answer came straightforwardly
It was the Moreland way.
I'm a-goin' up thar to whar pore
David he's buried at. and cut off some
them letters often the stone, Ben. /
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1921-10-13

TIC poy, ne Mutfefed--"Biii Dale:
Is He Yore Boy7 Yore Name Was
Carlyle Then"
CANT sleep ontel it's done. You can
guess what part I'm a-goin' to cut off,
CANT ye?
yes" said Littleford. Babe told
me about what happened up thar
afore dark. And I'm pow'ful glad
we're a-goin' to do 1t, John, old
friend"
He went with Moreland to the little
enclosure on the highest point of
David Moreland's mountain. He held
the lighted lantern while Moreland
worked. They were there for hours.
When the work was finished David
Moreland's brother arose from his
knees in the snow, put the hammer
and the chisel into his pocket. and
spread open his cold, cramped fingers.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1921-10-13
CHAPTER Xxx
The End Of n All

The End Of II All.
The sun shone very brightly that
day, and the snow began to melt on
the places that were not shaded.
When he returned with Elizabeth from
the crest Of David Moreland's noun
tain, John X. Dale took rocker be.
fore the fire and sat there thinking
thinking. until the midday meal was
announced. When the midday meal
was over, he resumed his chair and
sat there thinking, thinking, until the
afternoon was half gone.
Then he called Elizabeth to him.
'tWill you go to my son and tell him
wish to see him." he said. And he
aGded under his breath: Il think it is
best that they should know"
Elizabeth heard that which he had
said to himself as well as she heard
that which he had said to her. Should
know ! Know what? She had sud-
den wild fear that Mrs. Dale had
broken her promise never to breathe
a word of the truth concerning the
Adam Ball affair. Nevertheless, she
put on her hat and her gloves and
went to Sill Daie's office.
Dale sat with his elbows on his desk
and with his head In his hands. TO
ail appearances, he was unaware OF
the presence Of the girl In the door,
way.
She spoke. "Billw
He sat up straight and faced her.
He seemed surpris I.
well, Babe?'
"Your father wants YOU" in low
voice. Hes got something to tell
you that-that will make you think
almost nothing of meIa
Young Dale frowned. what is n"
I'D rather he'd tell you about it.
Bill Dale, don't think could bear
to tell you myself"
She turned and was about to hasten
away, when he called to her:
wait "-and she waited.
Has it." he asked. "anything to do
with your marriage TO Jimmy Fayne?
Mop
He arose and put on his broad
trimmed hat "I'll admit" he smiled,
that I'm worse than granny oman
for poking my nose into other peoples
are you going to maj y
Jimmy, Babe7'
The answer came n .ckly: Never"
Never"
Never" repeated Elizabeth, very
quietly.
"Never?" pursued Dale.
Never" cried Elizabeth, exasper-
ated.
Goodness |" laughed Dale. you're
dramatic, or vehement, or both. May
walk home with you, Babe?'
Yes, sir, promptly, IF you want
to-"
They set out across the snow-coy-
cred meadows, and neither spoke an
other word until they had reached
Ben Littleford's log house. The girl
looked at him Queerly as they en-
tered. After he knew
Old Dale still sat before the fire.
and near him sat silent John More
and. Old Dale motioned toward an
inside door.
please close 1t, Elizabeth" he re-
luested, and she obeyed. Now L
down. I've got something to tell the
three of you. And fancy 1t win n
terest all of YOU"
The two who had just come In took
chairs at the fireside. After a mo-
nent, John X. Dale began:
you've often wondered, Bill, about |
hat savage streak-as sou choose to |
call it-that IL In you. You Inherited
t. Much of that which we are, 1t is
Is Inherited. and 1t must be |
like begefs like, Of course.
But there is no savage streak i'm YOU.
Bill. You are hot-headed. that's all. |
Your virtues overbaiance that, by far
| have never seen another man who
had greater love for honesty and
fair play, or 0 greater hatred for NIL |
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1921-10-13
This Echo sIxty-Repcater.

A large room In the castle OF Simon
eta, near Milan. has a remarkable
echo. A pistol shot Is reverDerated
sixty times..
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1921-10-13

"Oh. when | die. don't bury me deep:
Put tombstone at my head and feet:
Put bears jawbone In my right hand.
Or my way to the Promised La -a-and.
Ohl On my way to the Promised LandI;
(THE END.)
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-17

ca, presented it before the ways and
means committee of the house of rep
resentatives.
Mr. Bettman was graduated from
Harvard college and the Harvard law
school with three degrees, and prac-
ticed law in Cincinnati until a short
time after the outbreak of the war.
Appointed as assistant to the d.
rector of the bureau of war risk insur-
ance, Mr.. Bettman served in that ca
pacity until the German offensive of
March 81, when he was commissioned
captain in the military intelligence di-
vision of the general staff.
Mr.. Bettman attended the st. Louis
caucus of the American Legion and
the Minneapolis and Cleveland con-
ventions. He has served as chairman
of the war..risk committee and as
member of the national beneficial leg
islative committee.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-17

about ten million women, the mothers,
wives, sisters and daughters of for
mer service men of the World war
The delegates at the Minnesota con-
ference represented about 5000 slem-
bers of the 113 units of the auxiliary
in that state
The convention adopted a state con-
stitutiOn modelled after the tentative
constitution previously used by auxil-
larry units, and voted to dedicate
themselves to the cardinal principles
of the Legion"
Officers elected were: DIR. Helen
Hielscher, president; Mrs. L. A. Lew
IS, first vice president. Mrs. Myrtle
Getz, second vice president; Mrs. o.
B. De Laurier. historian; Mrs. George
FL. Barber, representative on the ma
tiOnal executive committee.
Miss Pauline Curnick, representing
the organization division of national
headquarters, addressed the conven-
ton. outlining the plans and aims OF
the organization.
Kansas members Of the women's
auxiliary will hold their state conven-
ton January 10 and II, and other
states are expected to take similar
action in the near future.