Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, November 1, 1911, Page 2

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Detailed Report of Cases Disposed of Dur.| ing the First Week """" e e e Kentucky Building “Pone 13215 * iy ( Evening Telegram Bureau, Bar- State vs. M. F. Johnson and W. l“-‘ LAKELAND. FLA. A s Room 1, Raymondo Buildirg. tow, Oct. 31.—The fall term of the Robertson; manslaughter. Trial a !____Bi_._._ —- }—_‘gmx i t Phone 309. Circuit Court of the Tenth Judicial|special term. .l . mSPbl‘l(u'l.\l,léT Circuit of Florida met at the court| State vs. Amos \Waters. assau N . " \ ose and Throat ~t b b Y Y [ oy Yobrrem o~ bowse on Monday, Oct. 33 The|wish ntent to murder. Teia to ve) o B8 S8 GEERE B O, | ISR (SR EGND i o g e o g ol o i |'Phone: Office 141, = Residence 2. | yui o John Logan. Our new and able| g, .. Tom Harden, larceny of Bt e, Takelehd: PYA. ‘_«j A Judge, Hon. K. A. Whitney, was 0B, yorge o be tried this term. ki —— 4 (;ANDV CANI)V CANIW (i the bench and present assisting him| G000 vs Frank McHenry, carry- R, W. 5. IRVIN L was the new and efficient State At-} .. oncealed weapons. Certified to . ! v‘: ‘? g torney Hon. John B. Singletary,| county court. i E:;\":]i':ly o ;' ) Circuit Court Clerk A. B, Ferguson| .. . p. mond Brooks, mur- stablis f £ Kot 3 Y g T ing | \®; o a0 ol was at bis usual port of Guty. | yer " prooks is the ha-breed who | RES il 15 Senno UG S8 12 Varieties Checolate and Cocoanut fat | Our New Judge and Prosecuting|,iicq a negro near Lakeland sever- L) Candies at 15¢ per pollnd 4 j Al g al years ago and whom Sheriff Lo- n n. GROOVER = i » Judge Whitney by bis clear and| ooy cqprured in Louistana the pact|© i ano suneson, |11 10 Varieties of Fancy Chocolates at ) impartial charges to the juries and summer. He plead guilty and as it . R TR Q") oc pcl’ pOI"ld ‘r) by his fair decisions on points off, eared that there was some evi- ooms 3 as ¢ ; W law and his evident desire to dis-} jopce that Brooks killed his man be- LaxzLanp. FLoriva. ¢y Nunn‘"y s Fancy Boxes at 80c and l::) patch business as rapidly as possi-' .guce the deceased had killed his,|—— - o | gl s'.oo per po“nd he A blee, soon showed that he is will not be able to catch up with the business of the Court in Polk j county at this term, but it is easy 'to be seen that he will soon, by having special terms and by utiliz- ing all of the time in the regular | terms, soon have the business of {the court in this county in good i Jcondition. Mr. Singletary, while not a brilliant lawyer, is an able lmn-. a hard worker, and his un- :«umnrnmiSin: attitude toward law! atly appreciat- ed by all good citizens, We predict breakers will be g the (Brooks') wife, the judge was len- right man in the right place. He|yone and gave him only five years in State's prison. | State vs. Jim Corbett, larceny uf| a horse. To be tried. State vs. Malvina Brown, murder Malvina, who is a nezro, killed that these two officers of the law will zive entire satisfaction to the entive circnit, The Judge in his talk to the jur- ors, both betfore the drawing of the grand jurors and in his charge to the grand jury gave it to be under- stood that when a man is selected to serve on a jury in his court he must serve unless he can show un- der oath that he or some one de- pending on his is seriously sick or that his business will be jeopardized thereby, lle said that no one would get [ his business if to serve merely in- convenienced him and inconveni- enced his business. 1t is the firm belief of Judge Whitney that the jury system is the greatest institu- T. l. Woods & Co. tion ever invented for the admin- Drane Bldg. CITRUS FRUIT IS MOVING. Shipments from Florida Reported General This Week, SJucksonvie, Fla, Oct 27— The grapefruit crop has begun to move and carlot shipments last week reached about 25 The move- ment this week is said to be general throughout the state, as warm cars, weather has advanced the fruit fast,{ - Fletcher. John D. Moore, James| fare. D. Dossey, Harley B. Moore, W. R.|ages. and it is said by some shippers to be mature. Fruit last week in car- lots passed through Jacksouville for northern markets, and trom all re- ports was fit for consumption, The shipments showed good color and the sizes were large, running 46s, 348 and a few boxes of 28s, Last week it was reported that Florida ofticials asked the fed- federal authorities can only handle ance to prevent green fruit from be- ing shipped out of the state, as car- lots were moving north daily. The federal authoritics ca nonly handle violators of the pure ‘ood law when the shipments are trom one state to inter- and under federal The pure food department must depend on their representatives at points of destination to co te shipments, 1t i for fruit to leave the state in such condition that federal authorities would have coudemued it here, but would not at destination, as the fruit could ma- ture and color up enough in transit to pass inspection. The local au- thorities seem to be content to wait and see how the federal authorities another, as it then becomes state movement control. possible istration of justice, and that if it is properly administered there will not be any complaints on account of the miscarriage of justice. In other words, he believes that its abuses and not its use is the cause of the frequent miscarriage of justice. He and in the other counties of circuit that when a man is poened to serve on a jury in sub- handle the violators of the pure food law at destination, before they go much further with the state law at shipping points, Or the Trousers. A thorn in the bush is worth twe |€2ch Plead guilty, and were ia the =ofa cushion.—Judge, court he is expected to serve, The Grand Jurors. following men: H. W. Hutchinson, Phillip Hicks, Anderson, (. C. Gresham, Davis, B. L. Heap, J. E. Wm. H. Chestnut, L. Glover, —. G. W. w. J. C. ham, R. E. Grandy, met and his | defendant. larceny of a horse, State vs, John O'Berry, for hav- ing carnal intercourse with a female I8 yeu This was a hard under X The girl in the case is blind, case, and on O'Berry's promise to marry | and take care of the girl, the judge married them, and dismissed O'Ber- ry on condition that he himself and in all respects com- ports himself as a dutiful husband. The Petit Jury. The following persons served as Reynolds, Harmon Dishong, B. B, Mitchell, G, W, Wheeler, W. J. Parker, David Lan- caster, G. V. Tillman, W. P. Ellett Robert Feeddern, W. A, Hull, M. Pipkin, H. L. Finney and V. W. Stephenson, and at the end of the week they were discharged by the judge with the thanks of the court The following jury cases were dis- posed of: Carol, K. D. »o- Mann Gets Damages. Wesley H. Mann, vs. A. C. L. R. tff and Sparkman & Carter, the On Christmas Day sev- was He recovered §$1.000 dam- The defendant has made a motion for a new trial, Sam Whitney vs. A, . L. R, R. McGraw, [ Co., civil action, damages $1,000.00. J. Ferrell, W. R. Claxton, W. T. Den-[tiff and Sparkman and Carter the|pe complains. or- | defendant. ganized by electing Mr, W. T. Den-| make out his case, and it was dis-| opher who ps W. Brady represented the plain- The plaintiff failed to ham, of Ilomeland as chairman, and | missed. Mr. Harry Heim, of Bartow, as clerk. Mr. J. H. Grifiin was sworn in bailiff. The grand jury has been grinding|by Eppes steadily ever since its organization,|out his case, and he was allowed un-i but despite the amount of work done| til the next term to do so provided | by that body, at this writing (Mon- day,) there are a great many cases|fendant was represented by Wilson | as| malicious J. W. Walston vs, W. F. Sneed, prosecution, damages The plaintifi, represented Tucker, Jr., failed to make $3.000, that he pay costs to date. The de- vet to be investigated. The jail is| & Boswell. full of prisoners, some of whom have! 8. H. Sweat vs. A. . L. R. R. been indicted, while others : are| (o, civil action, damages $2,000, waiting investigation at the hands{The plaintiff was represefited by H. of the grand jury, and there are a number of persons out on bond who are yet awaiting their turn at the hands of the grand jury. Indictments Returned. At this writing, the following in-{ dictments have been returned: ! State vs. Frank McHeury, color- ed, assault with intent to murder. Frank was too free with a gun while on a spree at Swift's mine a weeks ago, few He plead guilty and the judge gave him five years in the State prison. State vs. Will Brown and Grant Moore, breaking and entering. They each ' given one year in the State prison. K. Olipant and the defendant by Sparkman & Carter. After hearing evidence in the case all day, lawyers got together and agreed « $400 dama the pay all costs. State vs. R. B. Bradford., assault with intent to murder. Bradford shot Luther Austin while engaged in a difficulty at a saw mill in 1909 east of Fort Meade. The defendant plead self-defence, and the jury ac- quitted him. The defendant represented by Wilson & Boswell. State vs. Albertus Vogt, uttering forged instrument. Plead guilty at spring term. Defendant ordered to pay all costs of the case. defendant to al negro woman by stabbing her whllui both were at a church in Winter| State vs. William Howard Baker, behaves | ‘Gentry Undertaking Co.| 3 M. b| the| was | | PHYSICIAN— and Gynecology DR. SARAH E. WHEELER Osteopath Physician Rooms &, 6. and 17 | Bryant Bldg. TUCKER & TUCKER, —Lawyers— Raymondo Bldg, ‘Rm\l‘ T Stuart Blde. |C. M. TRAMMELL, Attorney-at-Law. i Offives, Bryant Building Lakeland, Fla. [ {L. M. Futch. i Successors to Angle [ Undertaking Co, :: | ‘ DIRECTORS. JJhoues: day or n'ght, 245, Day phone 241 | lartow, Fla. 2 1z DR R R SULLIVAN, , !Specill attention given to Surgery Lakeland, Fla, | Haven a week ago. She will be | Loy ! Lakeland, Florida tried this week. Wilson & Boswell| it i represent her, | = 4 e b State vs, Monroe King, assault R. B. HUFFAKER, with intent to murder, To h", —Attorney-at-Law— tried, ! 1. Gentry. EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL I GOOD ADVICE TO KNOCKERS. An exchange says: “Every shingle a knocker takes off the roof of his home town, lets in that much more * rain on his own head. The knocker might as well waste time complain- ing about the regulation of less to remedy if he were given chance. The philosophical citizen to kick about something he is pow- Every city has the critics, but the knocker generally is erless to remedy. something to be hopped on by a fellow who would lie down in any attempt to altar a situation of which Be either an optimist [and hope for the best, or a philos- ses over what he can't possibly remedy or which his city is unable to accomplish.” | OLD VETS. MEET AFTER ' SEPARATION OF 48 YEARS Capt. J. €. Chase, of St. Peters- burg. the worst shop up man who ever came out of a battle alive, he having lost an arm, an eye and re- | ceived 48 distinct wounds in the ! battle of Gettysburg, was ;Lynn over at Haven, a little town on St. Andrews bay, recently, and while there met after 48 years, the man | who carried him off the battlefield and held him in a place of safety at the time he received his numerous | wounds. The meeting between the | old comrades is described as being | quite pathetic and touching, ! Pots and Kettles. i 1esaw a friend impatiently cleaning | & bean pot. 1 said to her: “Fill that with cold water; put in a teaspoonful of baking soda; cover and set in the oven. When it has boiled half an hour it will be as easy to wash as a coffee cup” Clean fish and meat roasting | pane in the same way.—Good House- keeping. remedies Hines, C.[done willtully after he had paid his|what he can, and knows it is useless the wants it understood in Polk county[R. Co, civil action, damages $5,000. | weather as 1o raise Cain about cer- his|J. W. Brady represented the plain-| tain conditions which he is power- a Knockers have no remedies eral years ago, Mr. Mann was put off f and if they were given a few to ap- the train between Bartow and Lake-| ply they would take to the woods. The grand jury, composed of the|land, and he alleged that is Ry g s J.W.ELLIS MILLINERY:| .seat estate agent.. — S ;’ City ard Country Property: Im- Ladies' Tailored Suits and & |Proved and Unimproved OGrange Ski % | Groves a Specialty: MISS MINONA HERRON WE HAVE SOME OF THE FINEST TRUCK LAND IN FLORIDA 4 & %) 3 Fresh Apalachicola Oysters 45¢ qt. BREAD, CAKES, PIES A Supply of Fresh Fruits on hand at all times at market prices Call and see, or phone 226 and have Your Orders Delivered H.O.DENNY Lakeland, Florida AN b) « 7 13 2k P ' 4 i ¥ 4 %) 14 4 (W Cowdery Building WS fall and We are now ready to show a fuil line of winter goods. BLANKETS Our Blankets are the best made, from SHOES. A line of Shoes that can't be beat in Quality and prices. Men's Ladies’ and childveen’s, - CORSETS. Ladies, if you want a perfect fit in your dresses, try a Kabo Corset. A style for every type of figure—your's among them, ...$1.25 to $8.00 Mwmmmmi | PIECE GOODS. Call and let us show you our full line of Silks, Messalines, and Worsteds. Also one of the best assortments of ging- hams in town, Always glad to have you call whether you buy or not. J. W. CHILES tor Toilet Articles of All Kinds and| Can Satisfy the Most Fastidiou Call at the **White Drug Store’} For Your Ice Cream and Cool Drinks EVERYTHING IN DRUGSE Carefal and Pcinstaking Care Givea to Prescriptions, HENLEY & HENLEY Phone 62