Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, November 11, 1911, Page 7

;of the public school system. The in- i terest of the county superintendent is enlisted, and through him the Isclmol houses and the names of the boys who are willing to compete secured. Further meetings are held at which the necessary instruction | for cultivation is given. Each boy ! receives regularly the bulletins frow ziue ha?‘ 1;*“'";_‘;;:"::ir?%::;:r?;::; the Agricultural Department, which story .l‘l ‘f’- the boys of the South! relate to corn raising. are ‘uo_uh‘ng. it huslasm re-| The Agricultural Department has 1o a high pitch of e done no greater.or more lasting garding the raising of big crops. | work for the good of the American in 1909 the prize offered In the 'y, .o vpo) "pye demonstration field State of Arkansas for the best acre| yo .y i po south which is largely of corn raised by a boy of the Corn | oo eiio for vne Boys' Corn Clubs, Ciubs was a free trip to W”M“', It is becoming generally known iiluence of Boys’ corn Clubs on South- ern Agriculture Forest Crissey in Succes. Maga- wn. The winner of the prize want- 00 pvono in any part of the coun- ed to stay at home and use the mon-f . v oonue the Agricultural De- ey which the trip would cost to buy o 0 concerning his particular s borse. The bankers who furnish-| g, o' oo ang recetve expert «d the money sald “No, but youl, ... oo adanted to the particular may have all that you cam save Out) oog oo pic ool This instruction of the §100 allowed to cover he|yy) voy bim what to raise and how expenses of the trip.” to raise it. -In many instances the The boy traveled from Arkansas)eormer {g enabled to greatly increase to Washington at an expense of 15)¢ne yield of his land, and at the cents above the cost of his ticket.|ame time reduce the cost of pro- fle sat up at night to save the cost| 4, ction. of a sleeping car berth, and dined hdei on a hamburger sandwich, which hie purchased in the station at Char- A PLACE TO LEARN THINGS lottesville, Va., for 15 cents, s b Graceville Advertiser:—Did yoa When he f"t"r"ed u: hl or:e ever try the job of editing a news- he varried with him $55, which he paper? It is certainly the great- tad saved out of the $100, and he was firm in the determination to lecome the owner of a horse. It is Bard to quench such enthusiasm as this. It is hard to convince the boys who bave passed through such ex- as this that the field in- work of the Agricultural Boys' Corn est snap on earth, and we would recommend to every fellow who )lillkl he knows how the thing is done to not miss the first oppor- tunity to give it a trial. A man will learn more of the world in one year in a printing office than he would learn at the average school in periences stoctio Depntment and the a lifetime., In fact, he would learn 3 M." AU bie -arealon) things about people which can not BUEN Aboguouptty. be learned anywhere else. As an It South Carolina there was ope educator, the print shop can't be . Whose ambition had be- to a high pitch by the proposition. His father «d to treat the matter as “inally he told the boy Nt have the use of an mp land, if he himself away the stumps. The 1 pickaxe and shovel r day worked with grim beat, and it is in a class entirely to itself, THE VALUE OF AN EDUCATION Gainesville Sun:—The average educated man earns $1,000 per year. He works forty years, mak- ing a total of $40.000 in a life. n until the acre was|The average day laborer gets $1.50 d. per day, 300 days in the year, or $450 per year. He earns $18,000 in a lifetime. The difference between $40,000 and $18,000 is $22,000. This is the minimum value of an ed- ucation in mere dollars and cents. The increased self-respect you gain cannot be measured in money. Gainesville is annually savirg thous- ands of dollars at the University. It behooves all parents to give their boys a $22,000 start in life. s father remarked cas- - had just got to have « for his own farming, and i boy wanted to enter the st he must clear another timself, the boy thought is not it what he did was to wulder his pickaxe and toil long hours every day second acre was cleared. vited the acre according to Goweniment rules and raised Itirbushels of corn. His ornfield, which adjoined dcre on three siaes, pro- nine bushels per acre. father was aroused by stration, and is now tell- lvighbors that he wishes " Lt Kinown twenty years ago ' Mis boy has taught him about ‘0. and that it he had pos- "i* knowledge maybe he oW be about as poor and taked as a toad! "% boys are mow enroll- * Boys' Corn Club League. counties of Florida The reflex effects of wited workers and AStS upon the ag- South, and of -the ' ran never be esti- GREEN ORANGES. Green oranges are not fit to ship to people who know but little about Florida oranges and less about the green ones. Green Florida oranges are not poison but they should not be shipped. Floridians know enough about them to relish the orange that has not yet turned golden because the Frost King is late in touching them up this year. All this ado about green oranges can be sifted down to a very fine point, viz.: Green oranges will never help our State np matter how much the ship- per may obtain. If you get by with one shipment the chances are good for a hundred disgruntled ponsumers getting or- agnes unfit for use, a hundred knock- [»rs who will never buy another Flor- * best features of the]ida orange. it develops the "O-OD-‘ The Citrus Exchange should not Those who have the| be alone in the fight against green > ‘oceed to arouse | oranges but every independent grow- "% in the assistance' er and every commission firm. The t Clough Shoe Co. .NOTHING BUT SHOES... St . © s¢ll at regular prices and give a discount of ° per cent. YOUR GAIN OUR LOSS. Only exclusive shoe store in Lakelaad. All the latest styles---Call and see for yourself THE EVENING TELEGRAM LAKELANXD, FLA., NOV. 11, 1911 e ———————————————————— other side to the question is that|scarch of the elusive there are some early varieties of or-) hunter will carry a tiving anges that while not highly colored.‘--ilhor a rifle or shotzun. Some of are fit and perfect to eat now, bul! the nimrods would take canne can these be separated from the un-| them if the law did not fi fit, immature frui.. You might shlpi weapon of such a large calibre a carload of Parson Browns of | used. piece. Hunting for game will be perfect color and fully matured and | good. but finding it wiil be anoiher | get a good price for them. i thing for the inexperienced. How- Your neighbor may have anolher!o\\-r, guns will be exploded and kind that is not ripe but your high; lucky will be the hunters if some of price turns his head and he ships a | them are not peppered by excitable, carload that should have been left thoughtless gun bearers who shoot on the trees until January. His|at everything or anything that they frult drugs the market, kills the|see move in the woods and fields. Florida orange and kills the pros-| Going hunting is often a dangerous pect for either ot you shipping any | business nowadays. The desive to more fruit during the season. kill something lures many boys and The question is one that will re-{men afield this time o' year, and quire most careful consideration and may of these are reckless in the use there should be no trouble or mud-|of firearms. Better it is that a slinging enter into it. Every fair-| hunter bag not a single piece of minded man in the State agrees that|game than he should make the ser- green oranges should not be shipped. | ious mistake of shooting a human be- The great problem to decide is J.ult' ing. Recently the press dispatches when oranges can be sipped and how | told of two men being mistaken for soon all parties will get together on|deer and shot. From other parts the subject and decide the question.|of this State alveady come reports —Sanford Herald. of hunting “‘accidents.” There is, in our opinion, nothing accidental in one man shooting another in mis- IN THE HUNTING sn:nsocx REFUL take for game, and the day will come when a charge of manslaughter g will lie against the man who care- The huuting season 8 now on In | jussly takes the life of another in the Florida. From now until the close hunting season because the unfor- of the open season the woods and tunate was either not seey or was fields will be filled with men and | soon and looked like big game to the boys, many of them careless ones, I { hunter. - Ponsacola Nows, The Professions | DR. R R SULLIVAN, —PHYSICIAN— Fort Pierce will on the 12th of next month enter the front rank of the cities of Florida. Bonds for paving and lights, progressive extent of Plorida has a greater Special attention given to Surgery | scacoust than any other state, and Gynecology Kentucky Building LAKELAND, 0o i34 'Pone FLA. AN INVESTMENT Lakeland Highlands Will Prove Profitable. We have sub-divided our prop- erty in Lakeland Highlands, centering around Banana, Scott and Seward lakes into Bungalow lots and ten-acre tracts. We are developing this prop- erty as a high class resort: we have sold a large portion of this property to people of means in the northern states, who will build beautiful homes and plant grapefruit, orange and tanger- ine groves on their holdings. A number of sales have bcen made to residents of Polk county, who realize the investment op- portunity and who further de- DR. SAMUEL F. SMITH SPECIALIST Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Glasses Scientifically Prescribed ‘Phone: Office 141, Residence 22. Bryant Bldg, Lakeland, Fla, DR. W. §. IRVIN DENTIST Established in July, 1900 Rooms 14 and 15 Kentucky Bullding Phones: Office 180; Residence 84 DR. W. R, GROOVER, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Rooms 3 and 4 Kenwucky Building LARRLAND. FroRIDA, Dr. Sarah E. Wheeler OSTEOPATH PHYSICIAN Rooms 5, 6 and 17, Bryant} Building n LAKELAND, Flomina, % sire to take advantage of the TUCKER & TUCKER, pleasure and social features of —Lawyers— this high class Club Colony. The Raymondo Bldg Elevation of Lakeland Highlands i i is 300 feet above sea level. The Lakeland, Florida |} panoramic views are unsurpass. st g ~||] ed in Florida. The land is roll- R. B. HUFFAKER, ing and naturally drained. The climate is pure and invigorating —Attorney-at-Law— and there are no mosquitoes nor malaria at Lakeland Highlands. Roor 7 Stuart Bldg. Bartow, Fla. : The improvements now under RO L R S || construction, consist of a mag- C. M. TRAMMELL, ;;"f‘i:ent Country Cllub House, Attorney-at-Law. ish Mission style of archi- Offices, ,m.,ydm Building tecture, schooi and chapel, boat Lakeland. Fia. houses, stables and garage. 3 s S Nkl o A golf course is now being —{| planncd in addition to many oth- ROGERS & BLANTON er out door and indoor amuse. Lawyers. ments. The approximate cost to Bryant Block, ’Phone 319 be $25.000. Lakeland, Fla. With the above improvements e | and developments it is obvicus Examinations, Surveys, | and Reports that property values in this sec- tion will increase very rapidly during the next few years. An investment made mow, at the present jow pries and easy terms, should yield very hand. some commercial returns. [t would not be surprising to see this property double in valus during the next two years. The social and health advan- tages at Lakeland Highlands will be worth the amount of your in- vestment. An investment in a lot or ten acre tract entitles you to a membership in the Lakeland Highlands Club, with all its privileges. Estimates, J. B. Streater . F. Kennedy " STREATER & KENNEDY Contractors and Builders. Estimates Cheerfully Furnished. Let ug talk with you about your building large or small Telephone 169, or 104 Blue. L. M. Futch. JTH. Gentry. Geatry Undertaking Co. Successors to Angle Undertaking Co. :: If interested please call or write us for further information. W. F. HALLAM & CO. Lakeland, Fla. EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS. 'Phones: day or night, 245. TRk A TOHOIO0 NS O\\'L\"(‘. to the enlargement of our newspaper and publishing business, it has been necessary to move The News Job Office up-stairs who re it wiill be found in Rooms POBOIU GOl S DD 2O 11 and 12, Kentucky Building, in the com- For anything that can be printed, if you want e petent charge of Mr. G. J. Williams. 20'= 3! OSSO OO the best work at the right prices, call on Mr. Williams. 20< DO 3OO The News Job Office Rooms 11 and 12 (upstairs) Kentucky Building. O TOTQOTOTOH 20 QIO IQ O P 0 L I e O 1y DO D DOTO TG e The Lakeland Steam {aundry T e S one of the best equipped plants in the State - having all modern machinery and what is more, we have operators who know how to use them. We want everybody’s If not, why not give a trial next week? laundry. Do you sead yours? ——— L e en . R. W. WEAVER, Prop. 'Phone 130 RHEUMATIC CURE And you'll need neither canes not crutches as [ live. Rheumatic pmn!) can be relieved, rheumatism can be :fl aml’ml trace of the poison can be entirely driven out of your system and that feeling of having a live wire .n your joints will stop. You may rub yourself with liniments till doomsday but you'll never rub the Rheumatism out. Liniments like Rexail Rubbing Oil give great relief but Rexall Rheumatic Cure removes the cause by prenuptly neutralizing the uric acid, dissolving the mineral irritants and inp:rities in the ‘b-lood. % Lake Pharmacy | N | i : h T TERTTT "= - E