Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, July 28, 1914, Page 3

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SMITH, TREASURER ABSTRACTS OF TITLES you all fair. and Builders L2 THE EVENING TELEGRAM LAK ELAND, FLA., JULY 28, 1914, SOUTH 15 ENJOYING PROSPERITY ERA (The Industrial Index) It is stated that the officials of the Pennsylvania Railroad, one [ the great railway systems of this country, have given orders lh:x; every usable freight car which the railroad owns be placec in condition for active (Service. An - authority declares |that this is the best business in- ‘:llcxui_un that has been evidenced i this country in three years. Crops throughout the 'mumry now so advanced that it is possible to estimate with good degree of certainty what the har- vest will be. The size of the |cstimate is indicated by the ac- tion of the Pennsylvania officials. { Estimates made in New York are to the effect that the corn and wheat crops of the country [Will be worth an aggeregate of lapproximately $2,000,000,000 and are more than $1,000,000,000. It is believed certain that world-wide conditions guarantee good prices for the crops of these great sta- ples. The transportation [these crops wil not only give the railroads a maximum amount of employment. but undoubtedly in some cases will tax their ability. These crops will bring hundreds of millions of dollars from abroad to this country to be add: ed to our volume of circulation. This will be reflected in re- newed and increased activity in all lines. ¢ It is stated throughout the United States stocks of merchan- dise are now at the lowest vol- tme for many years and that there must speedily be an in- creased and large demand for ot tail stores. The opinion is becoming more and more general that a twelve- month period of extensive and opinion it may he cited that one of the leading business men of ythe country, a resident of New York, stated a few days ago that the United States is very speedi- Iv about to enter upon an era of prosperity which, hoth relatively and absolutely will be the great- est that this country has ever known. No part of the conntry is more thoroughly in line for the era of great prosperity now rising above the horizon than is the ..L. J. CLYATT, SECRETARY Prompt service. Lakeland business left with our Vice President at Dickson Bldg will receive prompt and efficient attentien. The FIRES which Caustd;:the Loss 4 oF We represent the following reli- able companies: Fidelity Underwriters, capital ...... : .. 4,750,000 Philadelphia Underwriters, ORBERE . ..i v sreune $4,500,00C German American, capital 2,000,000 Bpringfield Fire and Marine capital Phoenix of Hartford .... 3 0,000 000,000 $215,084,709 in the United States in a recent year|: were ascribed TO THE FOLLOWING CAUSES Defective chimneys, flues, firepl heating and lighting apr faults of construction and Matches, sparks and explo- red equip- ment. prominently slons d 1d | inc lightning. Nearly One-fourth of all Fires Are | Labeled “UNKNOWN CAUSE!” \ificant and Potent Reasons Why You Should Be Provided With Fire Insurance Protection! MANN & DEEN Room 7. Ravmondo Bujlding Your business will have —— AVONDALE SPRINGS the best at tention if f Man.—v] with us TENNESSEE R. R. Station Avondale It you are looking for a beautif large variety of health-giving mineral s st trees, and untold quantities of wila flo many wild birds. where a cool breeze is alwa deep ang shady glens which surround the groun comfort of ea fort is made for the pleasure and then come to Avondale Springs. Tenn., 0 Rates, $8 per wee N, r(prida miles from Morristown, Tenn. month. Note the address above. F. J. HOFFMA P. 0. Rutledge Tenn in the mountains, with a rounded by vast for- heered by the songs of vs to be felt in the many ounds. and where every ef- every guest— ol R. R., 16 r day by the ul nook on Knox jarism, electricity and " ySoutheast, conditions in this sec- tion being generally most favor- able. & ] THE EXPLORER'S NEED OF PATIENCE. The explorer needs an inex haustible store of patience when he is sledging. Frequently, when we have been sledging, a blizzard has sprung up and put M. AND M. STAKE Detroit, Mich., July 27 The Blue Ribbon grand circuit har race meetir h will open her d » until the end of the month. has for its principal ir Merchants and Ma f The ¢ and Manufactur ture 1ange ir '4 to 2:14, resulted thar t an las of Nev the lower that the cotton crop will bring' commaodities handled by the re- a stop to our journey; day after dav we have had to lie in our lit- tle tent, waiting for the wind to| o down. Then the true char ter i the men in the party come out; for ¢ lie there in Id, wet, hali-frozen leeping ith nothi to read, and more important still, with little!| cat And all the time our ccions and scanty food supply ':. ”m‘\]“"T v cvery "!‘\ ed in the tent means twe 1 rs’ 1 { 1 f 1'C that GASE OF BETTY ROSS & By JULIA GOUGH. [J Young Gilmore tore the program into bits and cast them into the grate, “Why did you do that?" asked Ruth. “I always keep my programs to re- mind me of good times.” i “l don't require a program to re- mind me of a good time with you, Ruth,” declared yourg Gilmore, “and | I find it wise to destroy all—well, all documents in evidences.” “Why, what do you mean, Billy?" “I mean that there's no use in agi- tating my sisters any more than is unavoidable. to discover an afternoon comcert pro- gram in my room they would ask at once: ‘Who is the girl?” They knew very well that music alone wouldn't call me forth on a Sunday after- noon.” “Nonsense! music.” “Yes, they do; but they suspect me of loving—well, something else even wmore.” Ruth made an effort to look su- premely bored and succeeded so well They know you love that Young Gilmore settled into an al- most sullen silence. “Your sisters take a good deal of interest in you, don't they?” asked Ruth casually after a few minutes. “Interest! That's putting it mildly. They are fairly ignited with curiosity about my affairs. [ never leave the house on an evening but one or both of them ask me where I'm going and whom I'm going with. I sometimes marvel at their persistency . in the face of what might be called ‘inglurinus defeat, for 1 never give them the least satisfaction.” “I think that's perfectly horrid of you. I should expect you to tell me something about your affairs if you were my brother.” “I don't aspire to that honor. There is another position that I prefer to—" “What do you tell your sisters when they ask you whom you've been with?” “I invariably tell them Betty Ross.” “I should think they'd hate you.” “On the contrary, they appear to ' like me pretty well. In fact, I modest- ly belleve I'm rather more likable than you seem to think.” well-distributed business is be- “Silly ! lore the i""‘l’h'"" ”": IY“"“{‘I “You telephoned my house this 1 States, \s illustrating this porning, didn't you?” “Yes, I wished to tell you that we ought to start early for the concert. How did you know it was I1?” “My sister Rose said that the Betty Ross with the sweet volce had asked for me, 80, of course, I knew it was you. Besldes, there aren’t many girls who have me on their telephone call- ing list.” “Well,” pouted Ruth, “I don't phone you very often—never unless It's something really important.” *I know you don't—hardly once In a blue moon. But, just the same, my sisters have learned your voice. They | know your writing, too.” Gllmore chuckled. “Grace says 1t's a good thing I'm an architect or I wouldn't able to decipher your Gothio hand.” “I don't puzzle you very frequently ‘with specimens of my chirography.” “Not half often enough. 1 wish you'd try me with a nice lttle ‘Yes' 1 venture to say that I could read it without half trying.” “Silly!" “Do you know, I believe you and my sisters would agree perfectly.” “What makes you think so?"” “Because, like you, they're always calling me silly.” *Pooh!" “Well, last evening, for inst when I got home to dinner Rose and | Grace asked me in an excited duet, | “Whom you walking with Michigan avenue today? I inquired how they knew I was walking with anybody, and they said that a cousin of ours—who takes a remarkable in terest in had telephoned them that she had seen me walking with a girl at noon. My companion was described to them as wearing a blue gilk ratine, wkatever that may be, with Bulgarian trimmings. Iasked | the girls if they were absolutely sure about the Bulgarian trimmings, and when they declared that they were thought a moment and then said I be lleved it must have been Betty Ross They both exclaimed that I was per- fectly silly.” “And so you were,” agreed Ruth as ghe gazed at the gay Bulgarian collar and cuffs of the new gpring jacket she had thrown off when they came in | from the concert. “I don't see, Billy, | why you don’t tell them the truth." “If you'd let me know where I stand | with Betty Ross, I'd be only too glad to tell them,” declared young Gilmore, fervently. “It's up to you." 1ce, were on me, too She Favored the Queen. in Victoria’'s time got into conversa- | tion one day with a tenant of their hostegs. One of the girls, who quite stout, asked the old woman if she would have known them for sis ters. ‘Well,” was the answer, “ye look alike, but yer sister's slender, while was you, miss—well, you favor the quane. 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