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TBI EVENING TBJDCBtAM. LAKE LAND, FLA., MONDAY, SEPT. 23,1918 1 Special Price on The New Coats For a short time we will give " our customers the benefit of our early buying and place on special sale Our Full and 3-4 Length Coats at $10. up Now is the time to buy one of these attractive coats before conditions later make the price advance La MODE Mrs. H. Lo&an, Prop. Laundry Work That Excels Let us do your Table Linen Sheets, Pillow Cases, Etc. Satisfaction Guaranteed L&keland Steam Laundry PHONE 130 R. W. WEAVER, Prop. The 10-0 Size Elgin Watch Is The Smallest Made American Watch Rotary Buttons for The Rotes Stevens Jewelry Store J AMERICAN for AMERICAN ! J WATCHES GIRLS ; Prison Labor To Help Win The War (By Associated Press.) Pittsburgh, Sept. 23. Prison labor as a factor In winning the war Is be ing urged by Warden John Francles of the Western Penitentiary, who Is a recognized authority on the man agement of penal institutions, and re claiming recreant manhood. Mr. Francles has token up the subject with the Chamber of Commerce of Pittsburgh, which body has called up on Congress to enact legislation which will permit 50,000 inmates of prisons In the country to engage In war work. According to the views of Mr. Fran cles the criminal Is a patriot accord ing to his lights. He will be glad to help to win the war If allowed to do so. State laws passed to fit peace conditions prevent this. He holds that it should be possible to suspend these laws, for war purposes during the continuance of the war by act of Congress. That it has not been done Mr. Franceis thinks is due to an oversight rather than to the de termination of anybody to refuse to make use of the resources of the prisoners' labor. Mr. Franceis expressed a firm be lief in the patriotism of labor and does not think It will oppose the use of prison labor In making supplies under present conditions. "I am in possession of data which shows" that 5 per cent of the prison labor of the country, engaged In the manufacture of socks, will turn out 4,000,000 dozen pairs in a year's time," Mr. Franceis recites. "We rhould have had twice that many socks ready to send to our soldiers In France to keep them from freezing during the coming winter. We could have had them if this proposition of our prisoners had been allowed to work on them. "What is true of socks is true of other supplies. There are buildings, and machinery available to turn oui immense quantities of supplier and they are not being used. 50,000 OHIO'S BOYS' WORKING RESERVE The Boys' Working Reserve, which enrolled more than 15,000 boys In the Land Army for Ohio last spring, al ready is laying plans for next years' drive. Present indications are that next year's labor supply will be short er than this year's, and, to meet the demand, a strong campaign will be undertaken to enlist every available boy in the State. Boys now engaged in farm work will be permitted to continue wher ever they are needed this fall to help in the harvest and preparation for next year's wheat crop. These boys will be given credit in their school work, Just as they were last spring when they left school before the term ended. REMOVAL OF BOWLS SAVES SUGAR IN CONNECTICUT Several weeks ago, when the Food Administration ordered the open sug ar bowl off hotel and restaurant din ing-room tables, the largest restau rant in a city in Fairfield County, Conn., comnlied reluctantly. Ravine- that it would use more sugar than if the bowls were left free to hand. Since then, Its sugar allowance hav ing been reduced, it has voluntarily admitted that it would have been much better off had It removed the sugar bowls sooner. ine abolition of the open sugar bowl since the begining of the sugar scarcity has saved an amazing num ber of pounds and acted as an educa tional measure to the public as well. KANSAS FARMERS URGED TO SAVE STRAW STACKS Food Administrator Innes, of Kan sas, has issued an appeal to farmers asking them not to burn their straw stacks, as straw is needed for feed. It was a common practice a few vears Thero are nco to burn slacks In (ho whpnt haU persons rotting In Idleness in and this nrarHno ..tin fniwoi in -ii i ill. y.wou tens in mis country DecauseSOme localities. The long-continued they have no employment. They are(irouRht in Kansas has destroyed sur degenerating morally, mentally and piU8 feed, and every pound now avail physically, while their country and'aMo must hn aava F.n ,,.. the people of Europe need the work tinns two in a they would be glad to give. Some- j locally to fill the demand it is re thing should be done to change this'quested that straw and other feeds be WUU.UUU vi mings. saved for the leBa fortUnate conutles Unless sufficient feed Is provided "MAN WANTED" for tne herds tn,a wnteFi farmers ' will be forced to dispose of Immature Man power, we are told, is winning catte and wII1 have to 8ell breedl mil. - 111 m.. . lu, lUB A.i.es. -ine new stock, thus imperiling the live-stock urau law win naturally make a big hole in the available number of men in the United States. The "man wanted" advertisements in the daily newspapers: tell many interesting stories. Statistics available in Wash ington are, however, more specific! From these it appears that the war Edward N. Hurley, Chairman of Industries of. thn United States am the United States Shinnine Board at the moment short between 300,000) says that there will be something and 400,000 common laborers. The, like 25,000,000 tons of merchant ship shortage In skilled labor is almost as ping to be employed within the next acute, and the war plants of Connec- two years, and. the Shipping Board is tlcut and Maryland alone are under-. already looking around for cargoes ! We will win this war, Nothing else really matters until uk1 I industry of the State. MERCHANT SHIPPING AFTER THE WAR manned by 35,000 skilled workmen. One of the largest munition plants, both in this country and abroad. In order to enlighten the vague under- .2 The Flavor Lasts riop V indel I .J TOOLS FOR THF HAHn U And tools for every other purpose are to bew j round here in the best qualities at lowest prices. V turning out heavy caliber guns, is; standing of people who do not make short 2,000 machinists. The employ- measurements In ship tonnage, Mr. ment service of the Labor Depart-! Hurley, has very kindly explained ment is trying to solve some of the that 25,000,000 tons of merchant ship problems occasioned by the above ping would represent in a single voy- conditions; and one of the methods age all the livestock, dressed meats, for getting more labor Is to declare' packing house products, poultry, certain vocations as non-essential, games, fish, wool, hides and leathor Undoubtedly if all the "non-essen-J carried on our railroads In one year. tfnla" miiM ha mif Intn V. mtmlxn Tn Inaa tlion fiva tflnu Vita atilna nmnl1 ...... UUmlt V U ,UI illlU Lll JIIUUUU 1,1 V ' ' " 1 1 . I. 1 1 ..TV L ' 1,1.1 .1111 M 11 . ! VTVU.U tlve class it would go a long way to- carry our whole yearly railroad haul wards solving labor troubles; but injof grain, flour, cotton, hay, fruit, veg- Slirh an pvpnt a urhnln Int nf tran ' ntnlilns and nlhnr farm nrnilnpfa onrl jtlemen with soft hands and polished in three and one half trips, all our linger nails would get mussed up con- lumber; in seven trips all our man siderably. Special attention is being ufactured goods; sixteen trips, all given by the new employment ser-'our coal and coke. vice conducted by the Government to ' . cities of over 20,000 population, a!-' "THEY GO WELL TOGETHER" though the rural districts will be covered as exhaustively as possible.' The Macon Telegraph, one of the Cleanest and ablest papers In the , . i ! I i. ats-. II m III l?M Vi i? i We make a specialty of the better grades of 7 nard ware, agricultural and garden implements WITA nortlnrr Lmmn ! Iannis, Muumicia, aaws, suaaes. snoveis and all in-door and out-door requisites in tools t or hareware. FOOD CLUBS IN INDIANA An Intensive effort is being made In Indiana to complete the organiza tion of the United States food clubs in every township In the State, and as many in a township as the population ' Justifices. It Is planned to have this : South and widely quoted In all parts 'of the country, made a magnificent fight for the loyal candidates In the recent primaries In Georgia. It con eludes its comment on the defeat of Tom Watson as follows: "As for Watson, this Is his last flicker. The spirit of even the DeoDle work completed before the end of- no nave fonl'y followed him In all UI .. .. September. This is done in order to l'""KS ,n ,ne Paft. the little statewide effect a maximum of conservation of group he has so traded and raanlpu foodstuffs and render more easy the lated and used to his own personal execution of the Food Adminlstra- advantage has finally moved beyond tion's program, with Its constantly , his comprehension, his intelligence varying regulations. r ' vfOTTSF I VTV 1 1 T""E.""V... mm NOTICE OF AOOrTIO.V Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned Intend to apply to the Hon orable John S. Edwards, Judge of tlu Circuit Court of Polk county, Florida, j on the 1st day of October, A. D. 1918,1 Castor bean hulling has started In to legally adopt a certain male child, ! full blast at the Leasburg plant and and his control. He has enoueh mnn ey to live on, even though not enough to buy Liberty Bonds. So let him go back to his home in Florida and stay there. For there he still has Catts. They go well together." f . tm i named John Henry Falrcloth. HENRY C. BURKE. MRS. MARY FRANCIS BURKE. W. S. and B. Moo. 7854 Moa. many are. surprised at the yields thev ahe securing where they thought the crop was extremely short. Leesburg Commercial. fewest Novelties In Jewelry Can Always Be Found Here We pride ourselves on our Watch Repairing Dept. Let Vs Serve You O'Steen Jewelry Company "THE HOUSE OF QUALITY" if 3 tit I,