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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-02-04
THE WEATHER

The high pressure area which was
ever the east Gulf states Thursday
morning has moved northeastward,
and is Oft the middle Atlantic coast \
this morning. Falling barometer in
its rear gave rise 10 local showers
and thunderstorms in Florida during
the night Elsewhere east of the Mis-
siSsippi the weather has been gener-
ally sfair except in upper Michigan
where there was light snow. 1t is
warmer this morning generally over
the eastern half of the country 4t
In the west, pressure is low over
the Rocky Mountain region and north
ern plains states Snow has fallen in
the upper Mississippi valley, in North
Dakota and in Utah. and rain has fall
len on the north Pacific coast. ELSE
where in the west the weather has
been generally fair. 1t is slightly
colder over the Rocky Mountain re7a
gion and northern and middle plains
states, but no zero temperatures are
reported. {s
Indications are for partly cloudy to
cloudy weather in the vicinity Of
Tampa tonight and Saturday; no.
much change in temperature.
WALTER ]. BENNETT. ,s
Tampa Weather Bureau.
Temperatures Elsewhere
The first column indicates highest
temperature yesterday; the second
lowest last night, and the third, pre-
cipitation.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-02-04
CRAIG ELECTED LEADER
OF NEW IRISH PARTY
(By Associated PressJ

Belfast Ireland, Feb. 4 The
Ulster Unionst council today elec.ea
Sir James Craig. leader of the party
in the new Parliament to be sci up
in UlSRr under the Irish Home Rul"
act Edward Carson is president over
the council session.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-02-04
FOUR MEN TAKEN TO BARLOW

Four white men. charged with va
grancy, were taken before Justice ].
d Allen yesterday afternoon, and
were sent to the county court at Bar
tow. One of them was youth. who
said he had attempted to Join the navy
but on account Of his age. he was
turned down, and that he was MAX
ing his way from Key West to his
home. All four of them were badly in
need of going to the bathroom and
the laundry.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-02-04

Galva, ILL.,, Feb. 2.-Ths following
want ad appeared in local negspa.
per last week:
"Straye heifer, about 10
months old. Any information leading
to her recovery will be rewarded by a
good drink of whiskey.
"A F. Deem. Supervisor.
Next day Supervisor Deem was
looking over a dozen helfers brought
in by farmers, all claiming to have
found the lost animal. All were will
ing to swap a heifer for drink. Deem
finally located his heifer in the midst.
1t had been found by H. c. Sweat.
who lives a short distance east of
Galva. Sweat's wife objected to his
collecting the reward.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-02-04
LAKELAND MAN GOES
TO FAIR BY AIRPLANE

State Senator o. NJ. Eaton. of this
city, and his brother, W. F. Eaton. of
Waycross. Ga, spent yesterday at the
South Florida Fair at Tampa, and
they went from Lakeland by airplaue
They landed at the fair grounds, and
enjoyed the trip very much. Senator
Eaton Went with Aviator George Hal
deman. while his brother accom-
panied Aviator Waldo Boyd.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-02-04
BRITISH CLAIM
FULL AUTHORITY
In PALESTINE,
(By Associated PressD

London, Feb. 4 THE British draf'
of the mandate for Palestine, which
will be submitted to the League o.
Nations by Great Britain. provides
tha. that nation shall have all the
powers inherent in the government
of sovereign state, according to the
text Of the draft published here to
day by the Jewish Chronicle.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-02-04

1t will never do to exaggerate one
truth at the expense of another. and
truth may be turned into a false
hood very, very easily, by simply be-
ing either too much enlarged or too
much diminished Drummond.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-02-04

Miss Frances Grant, England's first
woman film producer, is only twenty
six years old, and already has the
reputation of being one of the clever
est persons in the business
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-02-04
POLK COUNTYS EXHIBITION At
TAMPA FAIR MOST ATTRACTIVE
AND ELABORATE YET OFFERED
POLAND AND ROUMANIA
FORMING AN ALLIANCE
(By Associated Press.)

Paris, Feb. 4-Poland and Ru-
mania are negotiating a defensive al
lance which will include military
and economic features, the Polish
foreign minister, Sapieha,, told the AS
sociated Press today.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-02-04

Every new burden of care rolled
upon us, demanding self-denial, sacri-
flee or service. carries in 1t a new
blessing for us. If we will only accept
it.-J. r. Miller.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-02-04
Y. M. c. A. LEADER TO
TOUR POLK COUNTY

Barlow. Feb. 4.-(SpeciaD A. +,
Roberts, a member of the Interna-
tional Committee of the Y. NJ. c. A.
will visit Polk county on February
18TH A dinner is being planned in
his honor for that evening. at the
Oaks Hotel in Barlow. Barlow has
no organized Y. NJ. C. A. association.
but Y. NJ. A. c. activities of the
county reach many of the young men
here ,and interest is felt in the COM
ing of the we'll known Mr.. Roberts.
A letter received by district secretary,
c. p. Selden. is as follows:
The county committee announces
the visit to Polk county Friday, Feb
ruary 18th. of Mr.. A. e. Roberts, of
New York City. associate secretary
with DR.. John R. Mott on the Inter
national Committee Of the Y. NJ. C..
A., who is one of the strongest lead
ers and best speakers in the entire
organization.
This is the first time than any of
the big leaders in the Association
have visited central Florida and We
are anxious to honor him by a repre-
sentative gathering of Polk county S
leading men.
On the other hand it is Of vital in
terest that the message of the asso-
citation as brought by Mr.. Roberts,
should reach all the leaders of the
county. Mr.. Roberts is familiar, by
personal contact, with the Association
work the world over, and the recital
bf the story of this great organized
effort to develop good citizenship. as
told in Mr.. Roberts entertaining
way, will be very valuable to us all
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-02-04
GERMANS NO LONGER REFER
TO FREDERICK II AS GREAT
tBy Associated Press.)

POtsdam, Feb. 3.-Frederick the
Great is no longer Frederick the
Great to the attendants who show
visitors through the various palaces
OF the late imperial German family
and the Garrison Church, where the
body Of the most famous of the Ho,
henzollern lies, but merely Frederick
the second, in accordance with an or
der issued by the chief of the Gus
todians OF the palaces To the Dem
ocratic regime which has swept over
Pottsdam, the most imperialistic and
center in Germany. even
a dead emperor cannot be great.
On the whole the Potsdam palaces
have undergone few changes unde"
the new government. In SpartaCis'
days. rioters did not reach them as
they were under the protection OF
loyal troops. Consequently, there was
no plundering and looting, and the
royal residences remain exactly as
they were before the hurried depar-
ture Of William II, except for the dis
appearance of the strictly personal
belongings Of William and his family.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-02-04

The minimum wage for chorus girls
in England. as fixed by the Actors
Association. is $15 a week, although,
in a few cases, as high as $25 is given.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-02-04
DUTCH PASS LAW TO
LIMIT HOURS OF LABOR
(By Associated Press.)

The Hague, Feb. 3--The law lin
iting employment to As hours week,
passed by the Dutch parliament some
months ago, is now effective.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-02-04
HOG ISLAND CEASES
TO BE A SHIPYARD

Philadelphia, Feb. 4.-Hog Island
today ceased shipbuilding activities as
far as the present management is
concerned. and the yard was formally
turned over to the United States ship
ping board.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-02-04

Nothing Is improved by anger, un-
less it be the arch of cats back. A
man with his back up is spelling his
figure.-Spurgeon.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-02-04

The beautiful Elizabeth st. Michael
was only fifteen years old when she
was married to Samuel Pepys, the fa-
nous diarist.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-02-04

Mrs Ida j. Rose is the owner and
manager of a 5,OOO-acre plantation
near Indianola, Miss, which is valued
at nearly three-quarters of a millicn
dollars.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-02-04

An explorer in Eastern Greenland
recently discovered a native girl
wearing dress of. silver fox skins
WORTH d present prices aearly siBQ,|
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-02-04

Jimmy Kats is the name of a To.
ledo bantamweight who has been maxi
ing some Of EN- scamper Of late
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-02-04

1t works in circle. Fat makes
you lazy and laziness keeps you from
getting rid Of the fat
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-02-04
FIRE DESTROYS FAMOUS GEORGIA J
HOTEL WITH LOSS Of MILLION
DOLLARS; GUESTS ESCAPE

Night Clerk Awakes Sleepers When
Fire Discovered and They Rush
Out in a Panic, Many of Them
Losing All Their Belongings
Many NOtabIes Made This Their
Winter Home.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-02-04

The earliest golf balls were made of
leather and stuffed with feathers.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-02-04
WEATHER FoREcAsr

Lakeland and vicinity.
Partly cloudy tonight
and Saturday.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1921-12-01

Dream. SO. wnen ne awoke, Donald
thought he would sing the song too.
and see if Jesus couldn't take the
shadow of that awful mortgage away,
and he sang:
sing. little Jesus. sing for mel
ihere-s mortgage on our Christmas
tree.
When Dorothy awoke she rcmem-
oered that she had dreamed about
writing letter to Santa Claus, and
so she went and wrote it. This was
the letter:
Dear Santa Claus:
Ihere's something the matter with
cur cows They've got mortgage on
EN-. only money can cure 'em. Please
S0ne and cure 'em, SOS we can have
christmas tree. i will be good
Your hopeful
DOROTHY.
Then, when father went to town.
with the little pony, Bigger, he put
the letter into the post office, only he
directed it to Mrs. Bumps brother, Mr..
EphroIm Gimlet.
MIR. Gimlet was very much surprised
to hear from the Bumps. He had
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1921-12-01
"OiVinity" Fudoe.

Boil together two cupfuls of granu-
lated sugar, one cupful of maple sirup,
one cupful of water and a Tablespoons
ful OF vinegar until little of 1t hard
ems when dropped in cold water, and
then add teaspoonful of vanilla and
take from the fire. While this mixture
has been cooking. cupful of granu-
lated sugar should have been pur over
the fire I'm another saucepan, with a
half-cupful of cold water, and boiled
until the mixture spins thread from
the tip Of spoon. This should at this
stage be beaten up with the stiffly
whipped whites of two eggs, and this
stirred into the first preparation, which
should by now have cooled slightly.
Beat the two hard until they begin to
stiffen, whens turn in two cupfuls OF
chopped nut kernels. Drop on paper
or pour into pans and cut in shapes
Observation-Disclosures.
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Diamond Cut Diamond

One day not long ago there entered
the office Of a western business m,n
friend who had been much Intrigued
by an incident he had witnessed some
days before In that same office.
Jones. old top" said he. "that was
a queer conference you had with
Smith the other day. When looked
In on you, b2tn OF you were sprinting
round the office like two racers or two
prizefghters."
Jones frowned. "WeIl. you see." he
explained. "Tm very well read in this
efficiency stun. and know, of course,
that In an important conference Won
must always have your back to the
light, so that your thoughts cannot he
read. But Smith, too. has been taking
an efficiency course. I suppose. He
was certainly wise to that dodge
Why. when we finally got down to
business we were both sitting on the
window sill !'-Harper's Magazine.
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The Next Day tho Carrier Brought a
Promising Looking Box.

forgotten that he had q sister and
mat there were lot Of little hope
1ui BumpS. An old trouble had
made him bitter and forgetful, and he
h6d felt more alone i'm the world than
ne really was. AS he sat again by
the frelight, but on Il clear and MOON
ut night, he unused on things past with
new tenderness I'm his heart and well
coined new thought that came warm
ly to him and brought a lovely pur.
pose with 1T. He would play Santa
Claus. and give himself the surprise
of making others happy!
So. the day before Christmas things
happened at the Bump house. AS Mr..
Bump went to the wayside post box
he found two letters. One of them made
h'ni sad. for il was from the man who
heio the mortgage, and 1t said that the
time for payment had come. It meant
to Mr. Bump, your money, or your
cows But the other letter was from
Mr.. Gimlet, and 1t made Mr.. Bump
laugh until he cried, for 1t was check
for $500, with some kindly, friendly
words and good wishes enough to cure
The cows and oil the family troubles.
The next day the carrier brought
most promising looking big box
from Uncle Gimlet, so that the Christ
mas tree was full of happy surprises
or the little folks and a gift or two
for the big ones. Mother made a big
pie In the dishpan and the children
round out what was in 1t. Dorothy
poked hole through the pasteboard
crust and pulled out maple sugar.
heart. Donald got red sugar heart.
Kenneth got white sugar heart.
Edith got yellow sugar heart Moth
~ said it was Uncle Gimiet's kind
heart that had made them all so
happy.
Then Mr.. Gimlet got another letter.
1t was round robin from all the
Bumps with the little Bump names and
marks upon 1t, too. 1t made the old
man very happy. He was sitting
among lot Of pleasant things that
mad been sent In for his Christmas
tree, but he was not thinking very
much Of them. Te sat with the let
ter In his hand and a fay-off look I'm
his eyes as he thought Of the sweet
ness of love, and felt that the best
gift tlfat he had received was the
happy surprise that he had gIvea to
the people on the prairie farm.
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got into his hair,
6nd some Of the frost into his heart,
1or he looked old, eGd cold, and grim.
'The freight shadows that played on
the wall were like the thoughts that
went to and fro in his mind In the
Hight Of the memories of the brighter
days of the past. The empty chairs
reminded him Of his fr!endlessness. the
SLOW ticking of the old clock, as IL
tried to be companion, only made
MIN feel how lonely he was. He felt
as much out of the world. as far away
from its gladness as the picture of his
grandfather that hung over the shelf.
Mr.. Gimlet was wondering what he
would get for Christmas. He had
spent many years in wondering what
me would get, and had gotten good
many things. No one had better
house than he, few had as much money
as he had. There was park, there
was garden; within and without and
all about him were the things that
money can buy. Yes, Mr.. Gimlet was as
rich as money and things can make a
man. And yet, although all these
things had not made him happy. he
was wishing for more. He did not
Know any better than to wish for more,
and, though he could not think of any.
thing that he needed, he hoped that
someone would think of something or
other that he might want and that
might give him gleam Of real Christ
mas JOY.
Away out on prairie the Bump
family were holding a consultation,
after the children had gone to bed.
At that moment the father and mother
OF the family were perplexed and
even good deal worried. The BUMPS
had been practicing farming for some
time, but without anticipated results.
The children didn't see anything the
matter with farming. The move out
OF the smoky city had been an en-
trance into paradise for them. Dom
aid had ten hens and rooster DorO-
thy owned two Muscovy ducks, with
green feathers. Kenneth had a little
pony that they called Bigger" be-
cause they thought he would grow.
Small Edith kept flower bed that
she called her "gardy." There was a
pony cart. They had raised 43-pound
watermelon. Father had said that
isas rest Of the garden wouldn't
amount to a hill Of beans, but It had.
There was apt to be enough for yum
yum cake, with raisins In 1t, to go
around. Why 1t was like perpetual
picnic! And even now. with all
things under the snow blanket, and the
pony and the two cows safe In the
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barn, farmer Bump had laughed with
the happy, rosy children, as the dog
Jake tOiled up the hill with the 81 ed,
50 that they all might go shouting
down again. They're jolly bunch, I"
said farmer Bump. But that night
the Bumps were holding consulta-
.tion. Although the two cows I'm the
barn were bare, yet thera. was a
blanket on them. The consultation
was about that blanket. Farmu,
Bump called 1t mortgage and didn't
know how he was going to pay Ii.
No wonder 1t was an anxious cOnsulta-
tiOn. Short crops and mortgage
Enough to aatten out even the Bumps (!
But while the Bumps were talking
things over, the cildren were having
dreams. They had laid awake for
a while, talking about the best place
to hang up Christmas stockings, and
part Of the conversation downstairs.
the mortgage part, had come up to
theif ears A little Of the worry, too.
had come with It, so that they fell
asleep with a little uneasfness about
the blanket that does not keep things
warm, hut makes them cold, and won.
dering what a mortgage could be, and
why no one could take it Off without
money. In his dream Donald heard
u boy singing this soag:
''ehif. little Jesus. sing for me.
Therep nothing on my Christmas tres.'
You see, this little boy had tree.
out there wasn't thing on II, not even
leaf. 80 he planned how to get some
thing to grow upon It Finally, he sang
the song that Donald heard In his
dream, and the next time he looked
out there was his tree. full of red and
gold apples, with leaves on all the
ltH1Gs and many pretty thinss among
pm en p6ael6 sA8 r ~ a. ~
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1921-12-01
LIST OF JURORS FOR
FALL TERN OF COURT

First w c's.
Cheraw, w. d. Coward, ]. L. Craw
ford, r. r. Thurman, J. M. Jones, z
T. Grant.
Court House, j. H., Rivers, H, B
Hunt, I. B. Freeman, R. d. Teal, w
s. Lewis, Willie R. Moore, Edwin Ed
dins.
Mt. Croghan, R. v. Evans, M. F
Allen, j. W. Oliver, C. A. Edgeworth
j. d. Huntley, Spencer Sellers.
Old Store, w. E. Pigg, E. B. Autry
Roy Funderburk, Robt. Threatt, ]
T. Agerton.
jefferson, j. A. Sullivan, R. c.
Horton, d. N. Terry, J. s. Clark, R.
E Deese.
Alligator, A. F. McQuage; R. J.
Hill.
Steer Pen, Wilson A. Teal, w. K
McManus.
Cole Hill, E. L. Smith, w. T. Davis
w. w. Jones. .
Pee Dee, H. C. Anderson
Second week
Court house, D. L. Campbell, T. D.
Robeson, H. d. Rivers, R H. Vaughn,
A. T. Brock, c. w. Davis, M. C. Spen.
Ger
Cheraw, G. w. Rainwater, v. L,
Britt, r. G. Knight, R. G. McFarlan,
w. A. Stanley.
Mt. Croghan, P. C Brewer, B. T.
Gilmore, n. P. Hendrick, J. l.. STAN
Gil, H. S. Woodard.
Old Store, ]. E. McRae, A. w.
Funderburk, Thomas Watts, j. l..
Smith, j. M. Williams.
Jefferson, R. L. Horton, j. C.
Mum, j. D. Jenkins, Raymond Snipes
Alligator, Emmett Sanders, E. L.
Horton, w. C. Tiller, R. C Grant.
Cole Hill, j. L. Clanton,J. B. Hunt.
er, w. M. Pankey, w. ]. Davidson.
Steer Pen, B. M. Rhodes
Pee Dee, j. c. Chapman.
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~rhe atmosphere fixes On outside
limit Of magnification," said DR.. Frank
SchlessinSer, director of the Yale OBJ
servatory. 'Limitless magnifyina
powers could not be used. Telescopes
Will probably be made larger than nj
present for, use on mountain tops and
especially favorable locations, but the
tendency is to lose In distinctness as
magnifying power increases. Event.
uaily the object gazed on becomes a
blur, as II seen through heat haze.
Only through great instruments like
that at Mount Wilson, and then only
under most favorable conditions have
objects magnified as much as 5000
times been seen with an unblurred
vision. Is-'+s'-'s. e. -'.
II Mars Were q Mile Away.
The mine telescope, II Il met the
sanguine expectation Of 1T projec-
tor. would magnify 25OOO.OOO times,
which would bring Mars optically with
In a mile and a half Of the earth. At
first thought this would seem to give
the astronomers a sight Of Mars equiv
alent to that which an air pilot OBJ
tains Of the earth as he flies a mile
and half above 1t. At that height
an airman could see cities, towns and
indiyidual buildings, firms, orchards
and thousand marks of the activity
of man. Under the same advantages
an astronomer would soon know all
about Mars, where the creations of in
teiiigent beings are believed to ex-
ist on much grander scale than ON
earth.
But here difficulty arises. The
airman Is unconscious Of the rota.
ton OF the earth, because gravity pulls
the earth and air and the airplan,
with uniform motion. On the othe,
hand, II Mars were brought within a
mile and half of the earth it would
be whirling so rapidly that the feu.
lures of the landscape would be lost
TO the eye, as are markings on the
propellerS Of an airplane revolving at
full speed.
II magnification of 25,OOO,OOO
times or anything like 1t could be ac-
complished the observer could only see
small patch of Mars. Mars rotntes
Its 12,OOO-mile circumference once in
little more than "a hours, so that
at Its equator 1t Is making speed
OF about ten miles minute, or about
five times the speed of a racing car.
II the observers were content With see
Ing Mars 10 miles off, the portion Wis
ible to them would still be streaming
past the telescope at the rate of a
mile minute.
A camera of instantaneous action
might take pictures at this speed on
EARTH but it could not be made on
Mars. A magnitication Of 25,OOO, 900
times would mean that the light of
Mars would be diluted to one twenty.
hve.millionth part of it's brightness in
the sky, which would not be adequate
FOR rapid-fire photography or even for
ordinary vision.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1921-12-01
TAX COLLECTION DATES

1 will be at the following places on
the date date given for the purpose
of collecting taxes:
Mt. Croghan, Tuesday, December
6; Pageland, Wednesday, December
z; jefferson, Thursday, December 8;
Angelus, Friday, December 9; Nc
Bee, Tuesday, December 13; Patrick,
Wednesday, December ID; Ousley-
dale, Thursday, December Is, from
10 to IL o'clock; Linton, Thursday,
December Is, from 1 to 3; Cheraw.
Friday, December 16.
j. A. Welsh, County Treasurer.
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R-r-roXenQei

He had been bitter against the old
top sergeant and used to give vivid
outline of what he was going to do to
him when he got out of service. Great
was the surprise Of a friend on meet
ing him about year after he had
started wearing civies again to find
him carrying a parrot which he intend
ed giving to his old enemy.
'How comeT asked the friend. "I
thought you were sore at him."
"Man, oh, manw gloated the other.
"Fm getting even. / taught the bird
every word he knows."-AmerIcan
Legion Weekly.