Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, May 10, 1915, Page 2

s el rtmtgtiies B Wonderful Experience Of Starke Citizens According to Their Truthful Versions Last Saturday afternoon was the time for the regular meeting of the local conmsistorium of Ancient and Honorable Veracious Relaters of North Starke. Bob Daniels had made application for membership and he was to relate an occurrence befere the consistorium would admit him to the Novitiate degree. In choosing a place for the meet- ing Mr. Daniels said he was at heart a railroad man and as such must let “safety first” rule his actions. TFor this reason he suggested that the meeting be held in a gondola coal car belonging to the Pennsylvania railroad, capacity 100,000 pourds-— he wanted nothing to break down under his weight. Worshipful Reminiscencer Austin first told of an occurrence in order to show the new member the the fol- Tlans style of relating observed in Consistorinm. The narrative lows: “Once 1 was in Lafayette county hunting. 1 had wounded a deer so badly that he could only move a lit- tle faster than I. The ground was covered with bushes and I hoped to get to an open place where 1 could get a zood shot at the deer and Kkill him. Suddenly there appeared a small lake or pond ahead of me. A 1ot of snags which looked like dead buttonwood bushes grew in the lake. The deer entered the water and swam away and I shot at him and killed him. [ went to get him. but the water was away above my head. 1 held my dBuble-barrel with one hand and swam with the other till T came to a couple of snags, which I caught hold of. “ found the snags to be the top of a pine tree, for this was a sink hole, formed by the ground collaps- ing, and the water was probably 60 feet deep. Soon a couple of 'gators came and fought over the deer. Then a scaly old fellow, with moss on his sides, swam up to my tree, intent on grabbing me, My shells had got wet, but 1 found two that hadn’t swelled much and 1 put them in the gun and shot at the ‘gator. It didn't hurt him, only made him madder. [ couldn't load up again and expected the 'gator would get me, as the crotch I was standing on below the surface of the water. Every time he came very close I jab- bed him on the snout with the gun, but at last he grabbed the gun away from me. “Imagine my position—perfectly helpless—surrounded by deep water —at the mercy of a blamed ’gator! “Then a strange thing happened. I saw a lot of bubbles rise, then a long, black, pointed object rose and struck the ‘gator, going clean through him! “It was a cedar log that in some way had become fast in the bottom when the land sank, but had been loosened by the concussion of the vater when I shot so that it could float up. When the log became still the top end rested on the land, and 1 could reach the butt end and rest in the crotch 1 was standing on and thus walk to land. The trigger guard of my gun had, in sinking, happily caught on a snag on the cedar log, so my gun was not lost after all.” It was now up to Mr. Daniel to make his maiden narrative: “When I was a flagman on the Scabboard, my train, going north, had to stop at Highland to cool a hot box. The second section was not far behind and I went back to flag. The engineer forgot to call me in and the train went on and left me, while it was raining like fury. “Then the second section came along. It went very slowly up the grade and 1 had no trouble getting on a box car. I was wet and tired and wanted a place where I could lie down. 1 opencd the 2ate of the north end of the car and crawled in. The car was loaded with lumber that had been pushed bacK to the south end, leaving an empty space in the north end. I laid down and soon fell asleep. “When I woke up I was wet with sweat and nearly suffocated. 1 could not move. It was this way, you un- derstand. The train was going up the steep grade south of Highland, the eleck boards all had slid back to the south end. Going down the grade north of Highland they slid back toward the north end, holding me fast. “I could feel the car swinging around a curve, then get out on the tangent. When we got on the straight level the wheels would slip on the wet rails and the engineer had to apply sand frequently. Ev- ery time sand got on the rails the drivers would take hold and jerk the train forward, causing the boards in my car to slide back a little, and when we got to Fiftone they had moved €0 much that I could crawl out of the end gate again, and you may bet your life it felt good to be free instead of buried alive.” “Hm,” remarked the W. R, “parts of your story bears the stamp of truth, as when you say you wanted to rest and fell asleep. But how could a man of your girth crawl through the end gate of the car?” “Why,” exclaimed, the candidate, “it was one of those automobile cars having a zate across the whole end.” “It seems that the boards could Firms in Germany Issue Newspapers Containing war news Of Their Employees (By Associated Press.) Bremen, May 10—For many months it has been the practice of firms in various parts of Germany— manufacturing concerns, banks and | big stores—to issue minature news- tpapcrs which contains the war news { concerning their employes in the field. One of the most successful of these experiments is conducted by a large coffee concern in Bremen, more than half of whose employes are away, and many of whom have distinguish- ed themselves for bravery. The pa- pers, which are issued weekly, not only go to the employes who remain behind, and to -the families of those at the front, but to each one who is fizhting as soon as his address can be ascertained. One of the paper's most important departments is an address list, which enables a man at the west front, to find out where his former fellow emnploye is stationed in the east, and to write him. An honor list of those who have been killed, and another giving the decorations received, take up the back page each week. Space is reserved for letters writ- ten by the men from the front, and a quantity of the most important from week to week is printed. as well as war items. men are called in to service their names are printed A humorous column contents. and its completes tne (By Associated Press.) London, May 8.—Premier As- quith’s statement that the covern- ment is perfectly satisfied with the recruiting for the new army has the anger of the extreme conservatives, who have long plead! ed for the conscript system and thonght the war would now force it on the country. But the govern- ment, evidently with the support of the great mass of the people, intends to stick to the volunteer sysem. In tan editorial headed, “The \Worst Form of Conscription,” the Express attacks Asquith's position. “The point which is always ig- 1ys the Express, “is that a universal obligation to serve would prevent the best elements in the na- tion bearing the burden that ought to fall equally on all and would pre- vent the indifferent and the slack - ers from escaping service altogether. Moreover, even if such a system aroused Over 130,000 Miners Recruited Into The British Navy (By Associated Press.) London, May 10—According to trade union officials, more than 130,- 000 miners have been recruited in- to the British army since the begin- ning of the war. Most of thees have been enrolled as engineers or sap- pers, thus providing trained men for this work, which is proving of the hizhest importance in the trench warfare on the western front. The capture of Hill 60 near Ypres, is a case in point, where the spade played a vital part in the opera- tions. Tunneling and mine-laying of a swift and certain nature was essential to this operation and the sappers employed were skilled min- ers from Wales and the north of England. Accustomed to working under- ground, with a complete mastery of the pick and prop, and an instict- ive understanding of all the diff ties to be ecountered in the way of cave-ins and falls of earth, these skilled miners are able to drive saps and tufinels with speed and ac- curacy not to be attained in the case of ordinary infantrymen, al- though every infantryman is given a thorough course of instruction in spade-work during his training. Part of the miner’s usefulness, especially in night work between the lines, almost uncanny ability to see clearly in what to or- dinary pessons is almost absolute darkness, This special ability comes, of course, from lonz working in the half lights of the underground world. It is of greatest value, not only in sapping and tunneling, but the work of the ‘“listening patrol” in night attacks, and in re- connaisances. ] lies in his also in WOMEN IN LUCRA- i TIVE OCCUPATIONS That veteran and able editor of the Ocala Banner, Frank Harris, re- cently wrote an article for the women’s edition of the The Pensa- cola Journal in which appears the following, which gives an extended list of the avocatons which women are following in the United States: “God created the man and the woman equal and jointly gave them dominion over the earth, and wherever God's laws have not been contravened woman has made good and the world has been made bet- ter. *‘The conditions are such that woman has been forced to leave the precincts of the home and economic eave the government many more men than it needs, it would enable the authorities to make a selection that would be beneficial to the whole country, taking the unmar- ried before the married, and leav- ing the man whose services are in dispensible for industries of nation . al importance. It is preposterous that the price of coal should go up because of the miners’ patriotism and that the munitions factories should be impeded because of the number of expert engineers who have joined the colors, while there are tens of thousands of idle and useless young men of all classes too stupid and too indifferent to do the'r duty.” ————————————————————— those at Highland.” “Well, you see,” further explain- ed the candidate, “the boards were planed on both sides, then they had been soaked in oil to make them last longer. They were intended for big hotel signs along the Hast Coast road, and had to be painted on both sides.” Mr, Daniels was admitted to de- gree of Grand Climaxer. Doc Harter, who had to tell an oc- currence to enable him to rise from the degree of Grand Climaxer to Junior Relater, began: “When I was in the wa—" “Nix on the war!” thundéred the W. R. “You never were in any ‘war., “I didn’t say I was, only you fly off the handle whenever I begin. When I was in the Wacissa country 1 saw a squirrel crossing a river on a piece of bark. While the water was running swiftly the piece of bark was going square across, and no wind to help either. After the squirrel had crossed 1 shot him to find out how he managed. What do vou think? He had long crooked claws on his hind feet and on each claw he hdd put a small worm. A minnow had swallowed each worm, and you know the nature of min- nows—they always swim upstream. The current on the water tended to draw the bark down stream, the minnows tended to draw it up- stream, so between the two forces the bark was carried across the stream.” “But why did the piece of bark go the way the squirrel wanted it to go when it might just as well have gone the other way?” inquired the W. R. “Oh, that's easy,” was the an- swer. “The squirrel had selected a place where a section line ran across the river, and he would pull on the line with his forefeet as he sailed along.” ‘You'are passed,” declared the W. R., “but why did you not apply for a rise soone | A locomotive now hooked on the ! car the meeting was held in 2nd ad- journment was in order.—Starke pot slide so easily on light grade as Telegraph. take her place in the ranks of la- bor to battle for bread. “Some incomplete statistics that lie before me show the followinae: “That there are in the United States a half million women steno- graphers. “That there are nearly half mil- lion women teachers and professors. ““That there are more than a half million in various trades. “That there are nearly one mil- lion women engaged in agricultural pursuits. “Although so wrongly understood for so long a time to keep silent in the churches, there are now seven thousand, three hundred and thirty- nine women occupying pulpits. “There are over two thousand women engaged in journalism and as many more whose names are not made public. “There are seven thousand wom- en physicians. “There are more than one thous- and designers. “There are more than one thous- and women lawyers. ““And in all these avocations wom- en have made good and are becom- ing every day more efficient and useful for the reason that they look not upon the wine cup when it is red. They do not waste their time in riotous living. They do not smoke cigarettes and defile themselves by expectorating tobacco juice in all directions. They do not hang over pool and billiard tables all day and late into the night.” REASON IN ADS. Every advertisement should give a reason why people should buy the goods. While people may not sit down and reason out their need for getting a certain article, still they are nevertheless influenced to pur- chase an article, when the adver- tisement presents some argument, or reason, for buying it. Reason in an advertisement suggests a use to which the article can be put, and creates a feeling or purpose ‘n the mind of the prospect to purchase the article. “Reason-why” copy is the copy that counts. The following copy gives a reason for purchasing: “Jones sells high-grade candies 25 cents a pound.”” The price and quality each presents a reason for purchasing. The expression, “Jones sells candies,” contains cnly general ‘nformation and is in the nature of general publicity. This latter copy may or may not sell all goods. The only advertisement worth while is the advertisement that does sell’ goods, and the kind that sells goods is the copy that sets forth the rcason for purchasing in a convine ing way. Advertising is an investment, and the advertiser should see that his investment well made. If he hired a ¢ he would insist upon | Western Railroads Trying To Injure Florida Western and Northwestern rail- roads, land agents, real estate men and Cities, in a united eflort to stem the tide of the farmer's movement into the South, are broad-casting the statement that the only thing the South has to sell worth any con- {sideration is its climate. They are ‘using tons of printer's ink to pub- lish miles of statistics designed to prove that a southern farmer can- not make a profit becaue, they de- clare, he must spend all he gets for his crops in the fertilizers to raise those crops. i \W. H. Manss, vice-president and general manager of the Southern Settlement and Development Organ- ization, has taken up the cundgel to refute these aspersion and has come back at the pr boosters with a compilation of statisties from the last United States Census Re- ports, which proves that the South is the best money making section for farmers in the United States. Thousands of copies of the Manss’ immpiln!ion have been sent out by | his or-anization and its allied asso- ciations. . The tabulated statement, every figure of which is taken from the census reports, show the total land farea in acres, the number of acres ‘n'ultl\'aled, the percentage of the to- ta] land area which is cultivated, the crop*value, the amount spent for labor and fertilizers, the net returns from cropg, the net returns per acre, and the percentage of net per to value per acre of every state in the Union. The statistics are so ar- ranged that comparison is easy In the net returns per acre, as compared with the average land val- ne of farm land per acre—which in- dicates the value of farm land investment—the twelve states east of the Mississippi ‘river and south of Mason and Dixon's line rank among the first twenty-six of the fo eight states. Some of western and northern states with high priced land rank below the lowest of the Southern States. What is considered as one of the most significant showin2s made by Mr. Manss is that the average per- centage of revenue per acre, as com- acre pared with the average land value| per acre, in the states of Maryiand,' West Virginia, Virginia, North t‘ar- olina, South Carolina, Georgia, Fior- ida, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky is 100.4 per cent. This show that farming. when conducaed along right lines, is highly profitable in the South, as the net returns equal each year the average value of the land. ’Backed by Uncle Sam's figures Mr. Manss affirms that only the South has extensive tracts of low- priced land in the humid belt suit- able for azriculture which is near large markets; which is within the zone of civilization’s activties; whch has the finest agricultural climate in the country fith abund- ant moisture and which is adaptable to the growing of such crops as northern and western farmers are accustomed to raise. Ile points to the fact that as only 18,79 per cent of the total land area in the South is being cultivated there re- mains for settlement and develop- 84,980 acres. He further shows that soil improvement pavys large dividends, as is indicated by the strong agricultural position of the states which expend large sums for fertlizer and that soil improve- ment is quickly accomplished in the South because its soils readily re- spond to intelligent treatment. The compiled statistics show that the average value of the farm lands in the Southern States is $18.47 an acre as against $53.34 in Ohio, $44.18 in Washinzton, $95.02 in Ilinois, $41.63 in Idaho, $62.26 in Indiana, $82.58 in lowa, § 3 in Oregon, $43.20 in Wisconsin, $36.82 in Minnesota, $32.48 in Michigan, $41.80 in Nebraska, $47.16 in California, etc. But the average percentage of net profit to the farmer per acre, as compared with average value of farm land per acre, in the South is 100.4 per cent as against 29.8 per cent in Ohio, 36.5 per cent in \Wash- ington, 16.9 per cent in [Illinois, 37.1 per cent'in Idaho, 34.6 per cent. in Indiana, 16.6 per cent in Tlowa, 45.8 per cent. in Michigan, 38.7 per cent in Oregon, 31.2 per cent in Wis- consin, 30.01 per cent in Minnesota, 24.7 per cent in Nebraska and 20.8 per cent in California. — the clerk making sales. He should also insist upon his ads making sales, as advertising s salesman- ship on paper. If an advertisement does not make sales there is some- thing the matter with the adver- itisement or the medium, and gener- ally the fault is with the advertise- ment. When a customer visits a store the salesman puts forth every ar- gument possible that will tend to affect a sale. Likewise when an ad- vertiser prepares copy for an ad he should put into that copy argu- ments that will make the ad con- vincing and produce sales. He should talk through the ads as though he were talking to the pros- pect face to face. The number of arguments to use in an advertisement depends upon the space to be used, kinds of com- modity to be advertised, and class of people to be reached.—Ex. an | clung there weeping wildly until Doc- | like a fighting cock.” ! in his profession, that he played a HELEN'S HOLIDAY By DOROTHY BLACKMORE. Never, in all her ten years behind the ribbon counter, had Helen Roys- ton looked forward to her holidays with greater anticipation. She was tired and weary of meast?ing rib- bons and of going home to the tiny hallroom at night, where no comfort prevailed save that of having her lit- tle sister waiting for her. Helen had managed, by saving even the pennies, to support herself and Dolly, a slim. child of thirteen, for ten years. “] can hardly wait uniil Saturday, Dolly mine” FKelen said as she slipped her arm about the slim little sister whose cheeks were only & | shade less pale than her own. “We { will have the time of our lives this year down at the seaside.” But, alas! Helen was destined not to zet her holiday at the seaside. On the Friday morning before they had intended to leave she was seized with pains that flung her onto her bed in | an agony of suffering. 1 Dolly, white and frightened, insisted ! on running out to the old doctor who | had brought her safely through the { measles and all her childish cdm- plaints. The old doctor had gone away, but | his substitute quickly followed the frightened child to the boarding house. | “It means,” the young doctor said, ! gravely, “that you will have to go to ; the hospital tonight. An operation at once is necessary.” “I cannot possibly go,” Helen ex- claimed quickly, and glanced at Dolly. “My sister is entirely alone and I—’ “She might be—alone—if you put this off,” Doctor Carter said gently. He thought only for a moment then looked smilingly at Dolly. “My moth- er will be delighted to have this young- ster with her—until you have recov- | ered,” he said, turning his eyes full on Helen. Dolly flew to her sister’s arms and tor Carter drew her gently away. “We will only take your sister to a comfortable big room in the hospital, cut out a nasty little appendix that | has been robbing her pink cheeks, and bring her back to you looking Doctor Carter walked more or less blindly as he made his way back to the office. It was not often, even part in a scene that made his throat ache so painfully. He telephoned to the hospital and to the surgeon to whom he wanted to trust the case. “Do everything you can,” he added when the arrangements had beenmade. “This girl has a small sister depend- ing on her. You know the rest.” During the following two weeks Helen knew that a holiday spent in a hospital under certain ennditions was an experience that comes to one only once in a lifetime. She saw sweet- smelling flowers on all sides of her, fruits of all kinds and wonderfu nurses that were angels in disguise. Ribbon counters,- hallrooms, badly lighted, and weary hours of waiting for a holiday that never came, vanished x \ | from her consciousness. All that seemed now to be of vital importance was the coming and gofng of Doctor Carter. In his eyes the light of the world lingered for her. “I don’t know how I am ever going to repay you for all you have done for me,” she said softly on the day when she was motored to his home to finish off the road to health. “In the days to come when I am meas- uring ribbons I will be pondering con- tinually on your kindness and trying to find some means whereby I can repay you even in a slight degree—" “Helen—" he interrupted swiftly, “there is only one way in the whola world that you can repay me, ane that is by loving me. I want you fié my wife, and I want Dolly for my sister, and my mother wants sOu both,” he laughed softly and impris- oned her wonderful, lovelit eyes. “There are no two ways about it, dear—you will have to be mine.” From the prison his arms had made Helen made no attempt to escape. She laughed softly back at him and flung herself into closer captivity. That evening she took Dolly into her arms and told her all about it. The slim little sister looked mischiev- ously back at her. “It is a pity you missed your holi- day, is it not?” she questioned. “I am so happy, dearie,” she added warmly. (Copyright, 194, by the McClure Newspa- per Syndicate.) Fox Terrier Model of Bravery. The effective valor of ‘the fox ter- rier against odds is again proven by the achievement of the Bloomingdale (N. J) dog which chased a gray fox into a hole in Federal hill and killed it after a desperate encounter. All for- lorn hopes look alike to the gay little white dog with the large brain and the fighting jaw. He has the elan of the French soldier, the cheerful pug- nacity of the German and the forti- tude of the Russian. Unfortunately for him sometimes, he does not know when he is beaten, and he is as eager to renew a conflict as to resent an in- sult. If of the true breed, fear is as foreign to his temperament as calcu- lation of the risks of an adventure. He never turns his back upon the bristling enemy and he never bullies the weak. Brave to a fault is a de- scription that fity the fox terrier better than any of the human kind. A Real Reason A really frank seeker of divorce was e colored woman who sald: “Sam ain't dun nufin particular, but I jess losed ma taste foh him."—Louisville Courler-Journal Sometimes a Difficuity. "Love makes the world go round” quoted the Wise Guy. “Yes, but 1§ doesn’t always seem able to make :;th ends meet,” added the Simple ug. “For a Man’s House is His Castle” —Sir Edward Coke Air Castles are often built by dreamers to later vani The Foundations of an actual, rgal castle are built o rock of assured success by the persistent bank depositor, That pleasure and satisfaction in the building of a home § is made possible in COUNT, which eventually nance. O MOTIOR deposits, are equally welcome. C. W. DEEN, President the upbuilding of the SAVINGS Ac. provides for the homes’ mainte. 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