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Page Two THE PALM REACH POST Saii4f Moiatafc Mtf IS, I0U. I'liil. si(riiiiin. loyally, luve nu ihuiue when con The Palm Beach Post IroiitcHi mil: I Uenre c4Cr lux f.ir iu umii Uinij Mill iiiirrvriu-ratc at Israri, bill f'-f Pttklik4 Ery Moraiag at ill tomb Oliv Strati, Wt CAMOUFLAGE COLUMN Taking "Count" From County Guards the jlo uf the puiniliiy ihut Hce will lirinit lrral uilli it a a fimi aiti. a -ilc in thi mmliiion he di-feat Palm Baach, Florida, by in Palm Publitbiag Compaay ur victory uf lluir artnirt ha only minor kiuiiificuiicc, Tin Phoat 401 Pboao 36.

JOB I. EARMAIf, PmiiUat a ad Trtaamtr I. II. CONKLINC, Maaacing Editor. economic rendition in Auiria have reached a int whrre rrrinltlc a fvlrring iim of corru.iin, liable to l.nt-i OBicUt Paper of Palm Bacb County.

OtlicUl Paper of MMitT in tin- form uf n-M. aiiauliiu. i.n.l ItoNhcv iki. 'ii Uiiuti are umiiu tin loaves made from a Palm Btaeb County Board of Eduratioa. mixture of maic ami finr obtained liy crimling the bark MEMBER OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS if trees, a iniilr protrvl with which iTivy break llir window of government building.

Sauerkraut is generally SUBSCRIPTION PRICE supposed t.t In peculiarly acceptable tit the Teutonic pal.ite. 000 Per Year; Foreign, 19.30 Per Year; Delleered ry Iml it Mt-ins in liac l-it its charms a the principal arti.le Carrier, Per Week, 5c. Paris Singer Buys Dwight AKens Farm BY JOE BARMAN r.ichteen yrart hgo. Dwiglu A. Allen ImiumIiI fifty acre, in teiiiiMi thirty-two, SHith-Vest uf West Palm lUaih.

and railed it "Allendale." Thi, is the ideal hHaiion in all Mor hla for a dairy farm. Itwighi Allen lias eomhutnl a Miiall one, selling hit personal friends milk. Paris Singer has bought forty acre of this l.iml ami will install pud maintain an up-to-date dairy fur his vrsonal ami the use uf convalescent soldiers that lie will pan iolii ally take rare uf kuon. Il it estimated that lie will eH-nd one hundred and fifty thousand dollar in this project before completed. He paid Mr.

Allen two hundred and fifty dollars per acre, ur ten thousand dollars, rash, for forty acres. This leaves ten acres fur Dwight and the same dairy he has been operating. Mr. Singer also bought, from Wilford Purler, eighty acres uf muck, or hammock land, adjoining this dairy farm, which will Im; drained soon, ami make an ideal pasture. The P.ilm lieaches were indeed fortunate when Paris Singer decided to locate and invest here.

of liet for several weeks logethcr. Again there were other AdvertUtog ratta mad kaowa oa application. Tbt maaa(t week when the ierc tie resistance on most Austrian tliiuier men! rexenrei the right to reject any objectionable ad tahle consisted of pickled cucumbers nml gherkins, a kiiiil vertiaementa. of "Dutch lunch" that hail about it mme of the peace-time air of festivity. Other families have lived for Coaunuaicatioaa and Ioiir periods solely on mushrooms of their own gathering.

remitUacei ahonld be add retted and made That the health of the nation is giving way umlir this strain payable to Palmi of lack of nutrition is a natural consequence. Persons faint Publitliing Company. frn, inanition on the street, ami are ill fiiiil il. lliM. I a.

mill mM. I leei. ter of the aecond clan aml "r' impossible at the pottoffico in task. the soldiers, already ihoroughry aiathetie. arc Wett Palm Beacb, suffering equally with civilians front whom they hen the rioriaa, jaaoery is, i tl.ii.

SOI tinitur Ik art nf uiiii ivuvii ior iiiHiui iweiiiy-iive Cents March 1879i less. The next three mouths offer peculiar terrors to Aus tria. They have lust all faith in the Kraiuliliiueni iiromies ni.nle to them ly lliiulenliuru nml their other (iermait pa trons of an early peace. liriiiKinij with it the plenty that is NO. Ml.

MAY 25, 1918. VOL. XI. suppiisetl to he the usual concomitant of peace, Imt which couhl he assured to none nf the Teutonic Allies if peace were niaile tomorrow- POSEURS. While stiffcriiiK of llicir fellow creatures from act The Manchester Guardian ami Rcrnard Shaw have Prominent West Coast Official a Visitur Hon.

Mclvm Arthur McMulleu, State's Attorney for the Sixth Judicial District, comprising Pinellas, Pasco and Manatee counties, accompanied by Mr. Tavcr Ikiyly, Cashier of the of Clearwater, was a visitor yesterday. Mr. Ms Mullen is a young man, thirty years old and gained slate wide prominence when he conducted the prosecution and convicted J. J.

Memlcnhall. now serving a life sentence in the state prison camps of Florida. Mr. McMulleu is a member of that family, prominent in the state's politics ftir many years. Mr.

I'ayly is captain of the Home Guards in Pin Mlas county. The Sixth District is presided over by Hon. (). K. Reeves, who is favorably and well known to many of our people, as lie presided, at one time, at a special term of the Circuit Court in Palm lieach county.

since the of the war, heen regarded in tlie UkIu of food are naturally alihorrent to the civilized na Of of authorities in the United States, as reflecting the opinion tioiis of today, Kuropc and America cannot fail to welcome of laritc masses of Kiiiilisliinon, and of lieiim looked upon any cause that will hriiiK peace siimdlancously ith a release in the same exalted lieht in (Jreat liritain as they arc in world from the dread of Teutonic domination. There is America. Of Shaw it need only he said that his a natural tendency to rcuard Austria as perhaps the less opinions carry no weight except with his own Shavian fol- guilty partner of the two Teutonic Allies, Imt only a lowers, who. like himself, have a predilection for paradoxes, very slight distinction can properly he made in favor of the Member of the County Guard (Who may be found at the Hig Where arc you Ruing, my pretty niaid?" Girl with the knitting-pouch (Whose name has been deleted by luc eli and a tendency to regard the rest of their countrymen, with I monarchy. The shadow of Mood-guiltiness rests heavy sor): "Down to the Ked Cross rooms, sue saw.

whose views they disagree on principle, as Philistines. Hut hotli of them. They have had the same aims and the same Member: Suppose I go with you ami neip you Kim. Girl: "Why. silly, we don't purl there one bit." Member: "Well, why wont you be to me my panl?" Girl: ''Because I've already one Comity Guard!" the Manchester Guardian', while attracting notorietV hy unholy ambitions, and while the masses of Austria mav he methods not dissimilar to the Shavian crew and their dis- deemed to he less strongly imhtied with the damnable poison Formal ion of Guards, the right to cross in automobile at a high' rale of I lave you thoroughly digested yesterday's Camouflage? Who said Corp.

tinsjnished leader, carries some weight even in Kngland. militarism than the Herman people, little discrimination It is, however, in no way representative of more than a ''c permitted when making a comparison between the comparatively small section of English public opinion, and 'wo Kaisers who, at the beginning, plunged the world into without stoiiiiiiii! at the toll gate Robbins never talked? Com. Robinson and his gang had the numerous limitations made from it hv American newspa- th's unprovoked and causeless struggle. Consequently, the and without paying regular toll for the "super-cargo." T1IF l-AKK WORTH BRIDGK COMPANY. George W.

Jonas, Secretary. May '25, 19IK. pu'te a session at the National Pastime Thursday afternoon. Some of the fel starvation of Austria will be provocative of more satisfaction than sympathy as carrying with it some slight prospect of pers give it a prominence and an air of authority that it en-, tirely fails to possess in the country of its publication. Its French correspondent has recently proved himself so little persona grata to our perennial allies that a decree was or the elimination of that country from the list of the Allies' enemies, and the consequent failure of all Germany's prou dered for his deportation from France at such short notice I'opes, lows show up well.

It will take more material to draw a good team from than appeared at Thursday's practice. Watch this column for announcements and come out and try hand. You may he a regular Ty Cobb and don't know it. We still feel a little stiff and sore, hut we will be at next "rehearsal" of the County Guard nine. We are anxious to see a team lined up that ihat he was compelled to leave his baggage behind him.

Civilized nations at this crisis in the world's history tin- THE FRONT, THE WESTERN LINE. Bravo, old Britain with your back against the wall Bravo, little Belgium! you've given us your all; Bravo, Italia! you're helping with a will; Bravo, fair France! your spirit leads us still. Bravo, Canucks! you who leaped across the scat; Bravo, yon Anzacs, from far Antipodes; Bravo, plucky Portugal and bravo all the line And bravo, as long as the stars still shine Now comes America, asking to share Duties 'and dangers and laurels you wear. Strong is her arm as her cause is sincere, Long is her sword as her record is clear. So comes America with work yet to do, To fight for the freedom she treasures with you.

So comes America, asking her part, And throws in her sword as she throws in her heart. dnubtcdly look for a certain uniformity and normality of The admirable spirit of optimism that informs the en view on all the great issues of the day. While, for instance, tire American nation is reflected with added power by the MUX FOR HIS HOSPITAL will "cop the gravy at the lug game the critic may be permitted to find reasonable fault with military experts in Washington. T.ut it is not quite as clear on the Fourth. the way the war is being conducted, he cannot he permitted to laymen as it seems to be to the military observers why The greater portion of you have fail to assert that tins an unjust war and ought to be terminated they should consider Germany's present strategical position ed to kick in with your part of the at any sacrifice to the national pride.

Public opinion en- on the western front to be "far weaker than in the previous Guard's Red Cross donation. As a re PURCHASE OF EARL WRIGHT HERD FROM J. M. WHIDDEN WILL FURNISH NUCLEUS FOR BUILDING UP OF HERD TO A MUCH LARGER NUMBER. suit, the greater part of the donation tertams a feeling of unconcealed impatience wiui cranks offensives.

In assessing the available American forces as and their ideas at this time which is far different from the sufficient to replace a large portion of the British and is not yet donated. contemptuous indulgence with which it treats them in times French losses, they are apparently estimating not only all We claim we have a bunch of real stars in our outfit. All of you who of peace. So many people are inclined to absorb their ideas the U. S.

troops that have been despatched to France as saw the Minstrels will say so. Movement Potatoes CAMPBELL FAVORS ONE ready made from others that cranks, visionaries, and impostors constitute a distinctly dangerous class at the pres Ferrin looked like one of these sol diers von see on a candy box or a La ent moment, and should be put down and reduced to silence So varied are the activities of Paris Singer, who has recently begun operations in Palm Beach that it is not surprising to see him branch out in any direction. He and his architect, Addison Mizncr, have been on the ground for some time, laying the preliminary plans for the erection of a community of cottages for convalescent hospital uses in which wounded soldiers returned to this country may find a restful place in which to regain their health. In going about this work, Mr. Singer dies' Home Journal 'cover.

Regular combatants but as all in a state of sufficiently advanced training to take the field. Both of these theories are considerably wide of the mark. Supposing the Allied losses to have reached flic not inconsiderable figure of which docs not sebm an excessive estimate considering the published figures available, with a stern hand. The business of the Allied nations is From 'Glades Will PALM BEACH FOREVER "pink doll." to win the and not to engage in abstract academical discussions, that can bear no useful fruit. Criticism is of For genuine, original squirrel food you have to hand it to Fenn.

Our "distinguished looking person" BeStartedtoMarketAHO INSEPARABLE tried to hide. We saw you back there use in proportion to the purity of its motive ami the time it seems hardly likely that the American contingent of actual and manner of its application. It must be confined to ma- fighting men that can be placed on the front line can at in the corner, Austin. Also heard you terial objects capable of being improved by timely sugges- the present time approximate much more than half that FIRST CAR LOAD OF FIFTY-CAR has found it necessary or convenient to launch out in various branches of structural work to get what he wants when he wants it. Looking forward Mr.

Cholly" was some interlocutor. PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE IS ON RECORD AS HAVING STATED THAT HE HOPED TO REPRESENT BOTH MUNICIPALITIES AS ONE SOME DAY. tions but it must studiously avoid the realm of theory and figure. But there is no denying that possibly a ouarter of SHIPMENT IS TO BE UNLOADED AT THE CITY TERMINALS TODAY AND OTHERS WILL FOLLOW IN RAPID as usual. Rumscy Was "tenoroso-ing a million trained American soldiers will prove a most val- to the time when the hospital cottages will be filled, Mr.

Singer has paved the way to furnish what will be needed ill (Why Corwin was "stuck" on his job shouldn't he have been?) the suggestion that the basic principles that are guiding all loyal men's conduct are inherently wrong. Many a man has achieved popularity and a following among the ignorant and inexperienced simply from adopting the comparatively easy the form of dairy products from a selected herd of tuberculin tested cows by purchasing the Earl Wright herd, the sale of which was reported in these Fifty car loads of potatoes, the equiv Regular ca- Jlalsey warbled, also, nary, that bird, alent of bushels, will move Of those who favor the consolidation of the Palm Beaches under one municipality no one is more emphatic than Thos. J. Campbell, president of the West Palm Beach Board of Trade. "There is no sense in having two cities here right together," said Mr.

Campbell yesterday. "I can't see any pose of affecting to believe that he is the only man of his liable addition to the Allied forces, while the addition of another quarter of a million of Italians, or of French troops who have become available by yielding their former places in the line to the Italians, will at least compensate for the losses sustained by the Allies in the past two months. As to the increased vulnerability of the German line, that seems to be a delicate point that admits of some argument. The capture of Mcssincs Ridge and Mt. Kemmell has been de through the city terminals from the Everglades during the next week or columns a week ago to j.

M. Whidden and associates. generation who sees the light. Bernard Shaw is an excel lent example of this class of fakir. His marvelous clever two.

The first car load is expected today, coming from the Pahokee section by the Bass boat line. Mr. Whidden had expected to move Then there was a bunch of ordinary folks who were camouflaged in County Guard uniforms. You could tell it was the first time they ever wore them by the way they strutted. Hope none ness procures him the unwilling admiration even of those possible objection to a consolidation, the cows to the open range on Lake and in mv ojnnion it is bound to come, who are not blinded by his misleading and dust-throwin Okeechobee, but discovered that they could not be moved to an open range under quarantine regulations in force soon or late, and why not have it as soon as possible? of our fightm' togs have learned bad habits as the result of "false scribed as rendering the Germans' extreme left secure from '1 stated at Tallahassee once that I I he potato market is getting stronger every day, and the demand is good.

1). M. Dominici Co. have orders for fifteen car loads a week for several weeks, and have arranged for the movement referred to. Air.

Dominici stated that he expected no trouble in methods, and he occupies the unique position among English inen of letters of having made a reputation not founded upon the intrinsic value of his utterances, but upon the public's while Palm Beach county is going through the process of compulsory dipping for cattle tick eradication. Dr. flanking in the Ypres salient, while what lias been styled the Picardy salient is of such extent that it might more hoped to represent Palm lieach and West Palm Beach as one city some day. and I started a movement to get the keen curiosity as to "what Shaw will say next." properly be regarded as an extension of the front line com Now that it is all over, and today ends the Red Cross drive, let us settle W. Brown, U.

S. veterinary in barge of the work, visited the Wright name of West Palm lieach changed to getting all the cars needed for the movement, and he testified also that down to the serious business of givm. farm Sunday morning and gave notice mon to both sides than as a position offering any particular opening for a flank attack. Supposing, moreover, the West Palm Beach and the balance of his company was getting very satisfac AUSTRIAN ECONOMICS. Palm Beach, W.

This went through the Board of Trade, but I saw there was some objection to it. "Not only are there no reasonable the East Coast the biggest one day event they ever had. Talk, think, and Germans to make two distinct attacks simultaneously, they objections to the change, but there are plan for the Big Day, July fourth Information drawn from private sources and vouched for as presenting a true picture of Austria's lamentable condition have reached England from Stvria and Vienna. If many advantages to come out of a will probably keep the Allied armies sufficiently busy in withstanding their shock not to have either men or leisure consolidation. I am favor of it." We expect to entertain at least five hundred visiting Guardsmen on mat they are even approximately true, there may be some sur tory service in transportation.

The controlling price is $4.50 a barrel in Cleveland, which is equal to $3.25 on the dock in West Palm Beach. The average to the barrel is a bit less than three bushels, which nets the growers something above a dollar a bushel. Mr. Dominici is of the opinion that potatoes will bring six dollars a barrel before the season is over, but his advice to the growers is to dig and sell as fast as they can, in view of the un to attempt any spontaneous flanking movements of their own until the Teutonic fury has expended itself. In contradis POST CARRIER CONTRIBUTES that the cows could not be taken to the open range.

The sale had already been made and Mr. Wright had retired from the dairy business, hence the cows were on demurrage, as it were. Mr. Whidden sold them to Mr. Singer at a substantial profit.

It is said to be Mr. Singer's purpose to have a dairy outfit consisting of a two hundred head unit. In this event the herd will probably be placed under the care of a graduate veterinarian. Mr. Singer has returned to New York for a brief visit, but the work he has started here will go forward under Mr.

Mizner's direction. prises in store for the world unless Germany can find speedy means of relieving the starvation that appears to prevail LIBERALLY TO RED CROSS tinction to the optimism displayed by Washington, Lloyd George, while recording the confidence felt by the Allied commanders, seems to be still a little sceptical on the score One of the most liberal contributors to the Red Cross War Fund according certainty which has characterized the market this season. day. That should run the total number of visitors way up in the thousands. Plans for such an occasion can not be made and carried out over night.

So all you fellows get busy and let's get things all shaped up for a RF.G'LAR TIME. May 25, 1918. Editor Camouflage Column In behalf of the South Bridge Corporation, I wish to say in connection with the recent agitation concerning free tolls to Guards in uniform, that of any preponderance of numbers on the side of the Allies. It must be taken for granted that the Germans are prepared to attack with every available atom of force at their com to his means is Flliott Gross, a thirteen year old Tost carrier. Although his salary each week is not by any means princely, his contribution of $5 to the Nation's Mercy Fund should make some of the business men in West Palm Beach blush with shame.

Flliott is one patriot who gave until it HURT and still he smiles. BIEL NEARS THE TOP. COMMISSIONERS WILL MEET mand for the simple and obvious reason that if they are to accomplish any decision at all, it must be reached before any TO PREPARE BALLOT BOXES B. B. Pie), who is forwarding the throughout the whole of the northern half of the dual monarchy.

But events have proved that Germany is supremely selfish, that her first care is to relieve the condition of her own population, and let her partner shift for herself. This German tendency was well illustrated by the disappointment experienced by the Austrians when they were expecting to receive grain from the Ukraine. They discovered that it was a case of "first come, first served." Their arrogant ally had got ahead of them and gobbled up everything in sight. These stories relate that so acute has become the shortage of food in Austria that even cannibalism is hinted at as having been practiced in certain ajiparcntly well-authenticated instances. Prisoners of war are accused of actually devouring portion; of the bodies of two of their fellow prisoners, and other equally horrible tales are whispered around.

considerable addition of American troops is made to the Al sale of Thrift Stamps under the direction of the Metropolitan Life In The county commissioners will meet lied armies. It is assured, therefore, that a gigantic strug the corporation intends in every way to abide by all laws in force regulating tcdls as pertaining to State Militia. surance Company is in receipt of a list today to prepare the ballot boxes for the primary election of June 4. The elec of the three hundred who are now in gle is aproaching in which desperation may prove a tremendous adversary even for the most justifiable feeling of MI the corporation wants and asks for the lead among the three thousand JEXT CORN tion inspectors were appointed at the meeting May 17. The meeting today was adjourned from the regular meet agents of that company scattered over the entire United States.

There are is. that tne rigms oi ine vjuaras. as well as the rights of the corporation, confidence. Too much optimism must not lead us cither to underestimate our enemy nor to lost sight of the proverb- ing and other matters may properly be considered. be thoroughly understood by all par-tics interested.

This is apparently not the case at present, as we see no passage in the law quoted by Corporal Robbins, that grants a Guard, or Squad ally fickle behavior of fortune in relation to the outcome of but seventy-one in the lead above Mr. Biel his name appearing as the seventy-second on the list. Xfr. Biel feeis much elated over the showing he has made in this campaign. Palm Beach Post.

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