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Is not a heart depressant-but alone,
pure aspirin may sometimes disturb
digestion.
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or neuralgia-ATTACK YOUR COLD
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Of ordinary aspirin with new helpful
qualities added.
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contained in TINGLE'S LAXO AS
, 1921-12-21

Women clerks arc more conscien.
'tious h their male colleagues, Is
the verdict Of he head of one large
New York firm.
, 1921-12-21

women's hats are luxuries. and
therefore liable to the luxury tax,
according to tho German minister Of
finance.
, 1921-12-21

Acclaimed ~ the handsomest man ir
France. II Hoffman. OF Paris. weighs
, 1921-12-21

Seventy years ago Christmas card
were unknown.
, 1921-12-21

P1RiN overopmes the tendency OF
ordinary aspirin to upset the stom
ach. A gentle laxative has also boer
added and when once the pain is re
moved. you absolute reliei
by cleansing the body OF the toxin.
or body poisons which. when retained
in the system. often are the hidden
cause of pain.
Within ten minutes ! after takine
,TTNGLE'S LAxO ASPIRIN. your
pain is gonc and tho cause Of Il VII
go as well. Be sure to ask for TIN
Giles LAxo NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
the three points.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-19
WILSON HARDWARE
CO. Pho N EE R
In THEIR FIELD
Is One of tie Oldest Established
Firms Now Doing Business
In Lakeland

The Wilson Hardware Company, the
oldest established hardware store Of
Lakeland, and one of the pioneer
firms of the city, has an interesting
bit of history in connection with its
progress during the years of its eX
istence. The firm was established by
A. f. Sloan and conducted by him for
number of years. 1t was then pur
chased by J. P. Wilson, B. f. Wilson
and w. X. jackson in 1906 and OPP
Grated under the firm name of Jack
son & Wilson Company until 1913
when Mr.. Jackson retired from the
business his interest having been pur
chased by b. F. Wilson and R. j. Eng
fish and the new firm of Wilson
Hardware Company established. The
officers of the present company are
]. p. Wilson, president; b. F. Wilson.
vice president and treasurer, and r.
}. English. secretary
The Wilson Hardware Company is
a hardware store first and last. 1t
can lie truly said that hardware" is
their middle name, and included in
their line is a complete line OF build
ers hardware. Having been identified
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-19

known as interstate highways and the
other as intercounty highways. The
interstate highways must not exceed
three-sevenths of the system select
ed; on them not more than 6 per cent
of the states allotment can be spent
without the joint approval of the sec
rotary OF agriculture and the state
highway department. The intercounty
highways, which consist of the re-
mainder of the system selected, will
receive the remainder of the state S
allotment.
Except in states where more than
per cent of the area is unappro-
priated public land, the amount of
federal aid received on any project
must not exceed 80 per cent of the
estimated cost. In states where more
than ) per cent of the area is unap-
propriated public land the 80 per
cent allotment is increased to an
amount equal to one-half the percent
age of unappropriated public land in
the state. Before any funds can be
paid to a state, the state must apprQ..
pirate money, under the direct con-
troll Of the state highway department.
to match the federal allotment, and
for the maintenance of federal aid
highways.
All highways in the interstate sys-
TEN must have q surfaced width of at
least Is feet, unless Il narrower width
is deemed permissible by the secre-
tary of agriculture. In case a fed
eral aid highway is not properly
maintained by a state, the state will
be given 80 days notice by the de-
partment; at the end of that time il
the highway is not in good condition
of maintenance the secretary of ag-
riculture will maintain it out of the
states allotment and refuse to APP
prove any new projects until reim-
burcement is made by the state.
What the new appropriation will
mean to the country can be judged by
the use to which the $275, 100000 pre-
viously appropriated has been put,
according to officials of the United
States Department of Agriculture.
Practically 5000, 100000 of that money
has been put to work in projects
which are either entirely completed
or now under construction. The eX-
act amount was Sl99 ,S23,427 on Octo-
Ter 81. To match this amount the
States have appropriated $265 1923 ,O90
u total of $465 ,352,517.
Mileage Sufficient TO Encircle Earth
The roads to be paid for by this
if placed end to end. would
enc:rcle the earth and extend from
New York to San Francisco on the
second lap, the total mileage of the
roads under construction and COM
rleted being reported by the Bureau
CT Public Roads as $4,000 miles on
October 81. OF this mileage 9,555
miles is in projects which are en-
tirely completed and the contractors
The balance of 17,445
miles is in projects which are still
under construction, Lut which were
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-19

with the growth and development of
Lake'an for the past twenty years
this firm has furnished large part
of the Ladders hardware that has
gene into the homes and office build
ings erected in Lakeland during that
period and the fact that they con-
tinue in business "at the same old
stand and are furnishing hardware
to home builders is pretty fair evil
dence of two things: That their hard
ware was all right and that their
business dealings were such as to
warrant the confidence Of their pa
irons. A record to be proud Of, Wen
say.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-19
SOME FORT PIERCE
BUILDING ACTIVITIES

The TO lowing is recent news
story appearing in the Fort Pierce
giving breezy story
of the building operations OF that
city The story is typical of ports
from many Florida cities, showing
this to be Il great building era for
Florida with progressive develop
ment on every hand.
The building operations which took
en- such large proportions about a
year ago have continued undated and
at the present time there are more
buildings under construction than
nave ever Lean known in Fort Pierce
in any month At least a hundred
thousand dollars worth of permanent
structures are going up and plans
have been announced for other struc-
lures to be built as soon as the ma
terials and contractors are available.
The new buildings include the ad-
dition to the Riverside Garage which
will make this building one of the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-19

So per cent completed on October 81.
In these projects there is therefore
the equivalent of $4,000 miles of com
pleted road. 50 that the completed
road to date totals over 21,000 mics.
The average cost per mile of the
reads built with federal aid has been
between $1,000 and $4,000 More
than half the money has been spent
for roads with the highest types Of
surface, such as concrete brick, and
bituminous concrete. but a very large
mileage of roads OF the cheaper type,
such as gravel ard sand-clay. has
been built where such types would
withstand the wear of the traffic.
Prior to five years ago the federal
government took no active part in the
read construction of the country. To-
day about one-half of all the roads
that are being bull: are being aided
Ly the government financially. and
the construction is subject to the in
spection and approval OF federal en-
gineers.
Work FOR Quarter Million Men
1t is estimated by engineers of -he
United States Department OF Agri-
culture that the Federal aid roads un-
der construction on October 81 were
giving employment to about 100000
men. either directly on the actual
road construction or indirectly in the
production and transportation of the
materials which enter into the con.
struction.
The new act, just signed will, it is
stated knpp those mon at work GU
far as weather conditions will permit,
and thereby prevent the uncmploy-
nent situation from becoming mere
serious. Without the new appropriate
ton many of the states would soon
have been forced to curtail their
work for lack of funds.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-19
One HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION
DOLLARS SOON AVAILABLE FOR
NATIONAL HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION
Signing Of the Townsend Good Roads Bill By
President Harding Means That the Federal
Government Will Put Up $75,OOO,OOO
On Fifty-Fifty Basis At Once

Washington, D. c., Nov. 19.-Seven-
ty-five million dollars becomes avail
able as federal aid for road construc-
ton in the various states, the money
to lie spent under the supervision of
the Bureau of Public Roads, Depart
ment of Agriculture, under the Fed.
eral Highway Act, signed recently by
the president. In addition, $4,000 900
is appropriated for national forest
roads. The $75,00O,OOO represents the
federal governments appropriation to
the work of building highways in the
various states and must be matched,
dollar for dollar, by funds from the
state treasures, except in states
where more than per cent of the
area is Incorporated public land.
The $75,000,O00 appropriated is for
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1922,
and $25, 100000 of the sum is available
Immediately, the balance becoming
available on January 1, 1922. Here
is how the money will be apportion-
ed among the 40 states:
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-19
EUSTIS BUILDING AND
LOAN ASSOCIATION HAS
MADE GOOD PROGRESS

Eustis. Nov. 19.-The Eustis Build
ing and Loan Association is progress
ing in Il very satisfactory manner
Payments for October assessment
were promptly made and November
dues are coming in rapidly, according
to statement by Secretary George
A. Pierce. Charter for the organiza-
ton will be obtained during the pres
ent month and at the regular meet
ing in December permanent officers
will be elected for the ensuing year.
and the association will be in a posi-
ton to perform such duties as is
prescribed by charter of such organi-
cations.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-19

OF the appropriation of $4,000, 900
for the Improvement of national for
est roads S5,0OO,0OO is made available
for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1922, and 100000 for the following
fiscal year.
The Federal Highway Act in a gen
oral way resembles the Federal Aid
Act of 1915, but contains several new
features. Administration of the act
by the secretary of agriculture. and
under him the Bureau of Public
Roads, remains unchanged.
Apportionment of the fund to the
states is almost the same as in the
previous act, the fund being divided
into three parts, part apportioned
according to population, l according
TO area, and l part according to
mileage of rural and star mail routes.
"A new feature is the stipulation that
70 state shall receive less than one
half of l per cent of the total fund
which, in this case. amounts to $685.,
625. This stipulation will increase
the amount received by four of the
small er states, i. e., Delaware, New
Hampshire, Rhode Island and YER
mont
Change in Use of State AllOtments
There is considerable change, how
ever, in the manner in which state
may use its allotment. Each state
must select a connected road system
not exceeding per cent of its road
mileage for improvement with federal
aid. This system will be divided into
two classes. one of which will be
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-19

complete garages on the East
Coas:; the new Dobry apartments on
Parkway Place. which will lie modern
in every respect, two-story. fre-proof
and completely QUILTED; the remod-
eled store for the Martin Grocery
Company on Orange avenue; the
remodeling of the MtCarty apart
ments on Palmetto avenue; the Minis
residence on Orange avenue, the Rus
sell home, also on Orange avenue,
both beautiful structures. the new
homes On the Indian River Boulevard
and scores of other homes, and other
hui dings. which cannot be mention
Cd in . brief article.
That Fort Pierce is growing rapidly
can be seen easily by short drive
al cut the city, on every street of
which new buildings are being con-
structcd and in every section Of
which improvements OF many sorts
are going on.
That this building program will be
continued is known from the work
which has been contracted for and
the orders fer supplies which have
heen placed The next year proba
ily Will see more hui dings erected
than have been erected this year and
it is the belief that building here will
revcr stop. Fort Pierce seems to be
on its way to city size.
The extensive improvements sur
prise those who have been absent
during the summer and the visitors
who left Fort Pierce before the build.
ing boom struck the town.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-19

Lord Gainford. of Pease and Part
ners. colliery owners of northern
England. arrived in New York en-
route to Peru to investigate new oil
fields.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-19

Lightning tore hole through a
roof of a barn near Milton, Pa. and
passed along row of four horses.
killing the first and fourth, leaving
the other two untouched.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-12
DERCUM MUM ON ART QUIZ
Has Nothing to Say on Challenge tc
Define Esthetic.Isms

DR.. Francis Navier Dcrcum. world
famous neurologist, today declined to
enter into Il controversy with DR.. Al
hCrt {. Barnes. wealthy art collector
who has offered TO give his collection
Of pictures to PHILADELPHIA. build n
gallery to house them. and make that
gallery sufficiently large to include also
me johnson collection if the physician
VIII answer certain questions.
~ have nothing more to say on the
subject. thank you,' said DR.. Dcrcum
courteously but firmly when DIR
barnes questions were brought to his
notice
DR.. Dercum's remarks on raintincs
re had seen n an exhibition at the
Academy of the Fine Arts were quoted
recent in circular signed by "A
committee of Citizens and Supporters
OF thu Metropolitan Museum" II
was these remarks, made by the Phila-
aelphia physician some time ago, bur
Just now given wide circulation through
inc circular, that aroused Dr.. Barnes
wrath.
DR.. Dercum, in an interview ycster.
uay' SAID he tnew nothing about the
committee, but reiterated hIs opin
ION OF futurist and cubist paintings. in
which he said "all shapes and normal
p"rrcptlonS seem to Re disrcgarded. :"
DIR. Barnes questions, eight in num.
Der, challenge DIR. Dercum to answer
certain technical questions CONCERNING
PAINTINGS of the futurlst. crIbist and ims
pressionist schools. and to frame his
answers IN scientific language.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-12
INNER SECRETS OF KHAN TO BE
BROUGHT TO LIGHT IN EXPOSE

definite
of application.
Basic "Koan, of Of
order and the of its documents.
The and the
organizers who ~ memberships at $40 head of which the
The initators and of
spread of Ku kuxsm.
Details of the efforts widen the exploitation organizing
the 'lnvsiblr Planet, Knights of the Air
being of
revelations Of the huge personal advantages
millions
shmcnt Of %10m0O Imperial Palace in Atlanta
Colonel
where
Of history,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-12
DAUGHERTY PROBES
KU KLUX 0UTRACES
Attorney General ResoI,..,..
Sets His Face Against
Masked Rule
ASKS BURNS TO GET FAc,s

Washington, Sept, 10 ..yss
General Daugherty annonnost sttong
that the United States ia neeo onr today
super government behind Vpposed 70
instructed Chief Burns. NJ psAs tSs and
9i investigations OF the Departm.n, a1 !,
Of the Ku Klux Klan and acuvities
findings to him. report bis
This action was taken hoo,
the expose of the secrets ~ fssu'e se d
visible Empire. VI tne 10.
Federal officials, experts IN a..
forcement of law and othor, me en-
there is ample provision In tbn oelieys
already on the books TO reacS sWIsiutsi
William Joseph Simmons ana \ tJolonel
low workers In the Ku Klux M or,, ni'
zation. uA organl.
Daugherty KeenIy Interested
Mr.. Daugherty dictated this ,,,,.
nent to a reporter. '"s'
Desiring to make n personal ,rr..
igation of the operations, declara.ive' ve'
acts and intentions of the so .caiiaI iI,ons
N,ux klan and in connection with NJ
Information which the departmon,o otnef
l expect to read with care nawsn, nas,
publications upon the subject IRI,aN'
duriIg the week, however, has nro,nuss sss
nv keeping up with these publicatnv..a
and on that account am nnt
prepared to give any advance intiua.g9'w mgw
us to what action the department Iu'a mum
take in the matter. en' may
i have requested Mr.. Burns IA ,,,
the matter personal attention sMe
promptly. AS soon as the inforr,,.yiy WY
obtainable has been considered. n ~
department is of the opinion Tho, a. .ae
government should lay its hand rna. M.
the organization referred to or taks A
tion against those organizing and ns,.
ticipating in the movement tho rosi ps
ZION OF the department will be pronn,Ir
and publicly known. p''D'p''y
Organization Out of PIacs
"A vigilance organization Of ri,
character, or any similar charoctor" Vt" !
not necessary under our form of yov'
ernment, which requires all cItilsn,
without preference or special privisss
to see to il that the laws are enforcSi
and obeyed, and that legitimate actvi'
ties of citizens of all classes are not
intcrfered with by any other class NJ
matter how high up they may set them.
selves in virtue or how well ouaI,sna
they may consider themselves to rer,.
late governmental affairs.
The policy of this Government is mn
friendly to any man or organization be.
hind the mask, no matter who he ia a,
where he comes FROM"
The announcement of the Attornev
General is the beginning of n yery viz.
orous campaign against the Ku Klur
Klan. The publicity given the organj.
zation by newspapers carrying the story
exposing its secrets has aroused the peo.
pie from one end of the country to tbe
other. Protests against 1t continue TO
come in from everywhere and from ali
sorts and conditions of citizens.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-12

Old Klan Chief Diso,ons
Present Organization

Milwaukee, Sept. 12.--Colonel N.
F. Thompson, Of Bardstown, NY,
member of the original ku hiux
Khan. declares there Is no connec-
tion between the present ku kiux
Khan and that which existed after
the Civil War. Colonel Thompson,
Confederate veteran, was head OF the
Ku Klux Klan when 1t was first or
ganized. -
IL became a member Of the Klan
in 1896, as did nearly every Con,
federate soldier" said Colonel
Thompson. 1--WE accomplished our
work in the next five years and dis
banded In 1871. A year ago de-
nounced the present organization as
having nothing in common with the
old Klan except the name. There Is
no call for the present organization.
at is a political organization
seeking to revive Know Nothingism,
and an organization that would
deprive American citizens OF their
rights under the Constitution. 1t
spreads class intolerance, religious
intolerance, breeds class hatred and
race antagonism.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-12

ing fiery crosses and mounted on
horses, also disguised in flowing
panopliea
The extraordinary growth Of the Ku
klux Kan is due largely to the fact
that membership in it has been thus
industriously hawked and peddled by
sales force differing in only one re-
spect from the sales organizations
maintained by other up to date Ameri-
can business enterprises.
The general sales manager of the
klan is Clarke who works from the
Offices of his Southern Publicity Asso-
citation in the FIatiron Building, At
lanta.
In report made to Emperor"
Simmons on July . last, Imperial
Kleagle Clarke wrote:
In the last three or four months
we have added to our membership a
little more than 5000 members. In
all my years OF experience in OrganiZa-
tion work have never seen anything
to equal the clamOr throughout the Ma
tion for the Klan. The headquarters
Of the domain chiefs are located in New
York: Washington, indianapolis, Den
yer, Dallas, Houston and Los Angeles.
In all these cities our Investigators are
working eighteen hours day, and in
most instances are three and four
months behind their lists of applicants.
Although we are located in all the
cities named with magnificent Office
forces on the job, the enemy has yet
to locate us, even though they have
made diligent search. We are com
pletely camoufiagcd IN each of these
places and 1t will be almost miracle
ii we are located g. e.. discOveredJ In
any city where headquarters have been
established"
The almost miracle" has come Ia
pass in spite of the Imperial Kleagle' $
prediction. Among mass Of other
documents bearing on the Ku Klux
,Wovemens. iRe. -.ExkNs2e PUBIC
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-12

LEDGER has an authenticated copy of
the official roster of employees and off
GERS of the propagation department Of
the ku klux klan as prepared for cir
Culation from the imperial kleagle's s
office among the sales force, under date
of June 10
The roster shows that on the date
mentioned the propagation (sales) de-
partment Of the Klan had 214 employees
working on commission in the nation
wide field which for administrative
purposes had been divided into eight
sales districts or domains.
One further point is to be noted. The
statesmen are put under a special pledge
OF personal fealty to "Emperor" Sim
mons. On their oaths of allegiance to
the Invisible Empire" of which they
are 'naturalized citizens" they
solcmnly pledge lofty respect, free
hearted loyalty and an unwavering de-
votion" to the imperial wizard. prom
isc to suppress all factions, "cisms''-
another bit of wizardly spelling-or
"conspiracies' against Simmons or his
plans and purposes. and agree to oppose
Strenuously any degree Of disloyalty or
even disrespect toward him az supreme
chiet governing head Of the society he
founded.
.Ihe Erenin0 Public Ledger t0morroo
"iH publish the mystery I0ring Klan's
m9St carefully guarded treasure, hc
"A lor0n. or ritual, including the Sc.
cret Work Of the lodgeroom. II rW
also ,Shom hoe Christian baptism is
parodIcd in the Ridn ritual.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-12

n steady stream of their anonymous cor
reSpOndenCe moving
Finally they became 50 bold that in
the open columns of The Scarchlight,
they advertised for more salscmen, in
vitcd applicants to write. giving full
particulars about themselves, 10 BOX
30, lS Gramercy Park, New York
City,"
Army Officers Solicited
As an instance Of how reserve officers
of the army and navy were approached
by the KlNn's propagatOrs there follows
copy Of letter postmarked at City
Hall station, New York, May "a, 1921 ,
and sent to reserve officer:
If you are 100 per cent, true, red
bIoOdrd American. believing in the
tenets of the Christian religion and in
the separation Of the church and state.
and know yourself to be qualified as n
real man, Of good moral character, and
are seriously interested in the princ-
pies set forth in the inClOsed literature,
you may have the opportunity TO meet
with a representative by filling out the
inclGSed QUESTIONABLE and returning il
70 Box 36, Is Gramercy Park, New
York City. Proper attention will be
given you,
The letter was signed "W. X. G.,
*, X, o, /. E." which latter, trans
lated from Klan jargon, means King
kleage, Order Of the Invisible Empire,
King kleaglc is a State director of
sales work for the order.
With the above letter, marked con
tidental, was full-s sheet communl-
cation also initiated. "W, K. g." but
addressed from Imperial Palace, In.
visible Empire, Knights Of the Ku Klux
Nlan incorporated Aulik of the I'm
pcrial Wizard" II might be added that
aulik appears to be Klanese for aulic,
properly used as an adjective, which
means, "of or pertaining to royal
court"
Adjoining the letter head were two
groups of mask man hea