Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, November 15, 1911, Page 4

- - 2 PAGE FOUR. L o THE EVENING TELEGRAM, LAK ELAND, FLA., NOV. 15, 1911 he Evening Telegram Published every afternoon from the Kentucky Building, Lakeland, Fla. Application Pending for Admission as mail matter of the second-class, M. F. HETHERINGTON, EDITOR. A. J. HOLWORTHY Business and Circulation Manager. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One year ...$5.00 Six months ............ 2.50 Three months 1.25 Delivered anywhere within the limits of the City of Lakeland for 10 cents a week, From the same office is issued THE LAKELAND NEWS a weekly newspaper giving a Te- sume of local matters, crop condi- tions, county affairs, etc. Sent anywhere for $1.00 per year. WHY IT BLUSHES. The Plant City Courler, in its last issue says: “Lakeland, we believe, makes some pretentions as an early straw- berry center, but as usual, it re- mains for Plant City to carry off the laurels for the first fruit, a fine spe- cimen of which is blushing on the editor's desk as we write.” There have been ripe berries in the Lakeland section ever since Nov, 1st, and they are hawking 'em around the streets of Lakeiand now. That ber- ry blushed, Brer. Thomas, because it got here so late-—else, because of your folly in thinking for a moment that you could make anybody be- lieve that in herry raising Lakeland would take a hack seat for any com- nunity ou the globe, The " usaccla News is a trouble hunte v 1 is already calling for cuiadidates tur Representative. Really, does i make much difference who re} ts a county, or whether it is represented at all or not? i Williams of the Bonifay v lad an heir to arrive at vl it drove him to writ- ing poetry. Such an event is cal- culated to give an editor solemn thoughts, which might as well find vent in verse as something worse. EPRAARNERE oo Now comes John Watson and tries to make himself solid with the press by declaring that he was once a (RRSEN Kditoy Adver his house, printer. In this, though, he has nothing on Park Trammell, who has wrestled with o Country Camp- bell press, and a one-mule power en- sine, and is therefore a graduate of the craft, summa cum laude. Sl et Claude L'Engle says it is all right for the incumbents of State offices to hold on to them while they are candidates for other offices, and as Claude’'s utterances are always con- ceded to be the last word in matters pertaining to political ethics, we guess this discussion is now settled. o We would be glad if some one who knows would inform us what is kold- ing up free delivery for Lakeland, and what steps must be taken to secure this improvement. We have long passed the necessary amount of postal receipts, our city is properly platted. streets are named, houses are numbered, and sidewalks are laid. This is something our Board of Trade could discuss with profit at its next meetnig. We are pretty sure that, with conditions as they are, free mail delivery for Lakeland could be secured if a reasonable effort to that end were made. o0 — We are glad to note the action of the Florida Citrus Exchange in with- drawing all prosecutions for viola- f1ons of the law prohibiting the ship- ping of immature fruit. the law to be a good one in princi- ple, and that it will eventually in- sure to the great benefit of the State’s reputation for the production of fine fruit. At the same time it was not generally understood this season, being a new regulation, and perhaps there was a little more acrimony than was necessary attend- ant upon the attempt to enforce it. The withdrawal of all prosecutions will have a tendency to bring about better feeling, and an eventual rec- ognition of the fact that the regula- tion against green fruit shipments is for the best interests of all. SISTER ESTHER CARLOTTA AT THE CONVENTION o, | St. | i Izsther Charlotta of Augustine, president of the Florida bivision of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, became very prom- ment in the convention of the daughters held in Richmond, \a., last week. The Richmond Virginian of Saturday, in noticing her as a del- egate, said: H “In reading the minutes several | matters evoked lengthy discussions, and the convention grew so N0isy at times that business was suspend- ed until quiet was restored. Finally, Sister Esther Carlotta, of St. Augus-) tine, Fla., rising to a matter of per- sonal privilege, reminded the dele- gates that they had elected their president general at the last conven- tion, and that it was their bounden | duty and only common civility that they maintain her rulings and re- quests. Beseeching them that, as la- dies, they would be quiet and orderly, Sister Carlotta returned to her seat amid profound silence. “By an overwhelming vote, Wash- ington, D. C., was selected as the meeting place of their annual con- vention next year. The capital city of the nation received a little more than 1,600 votes, as against 266 cast for its only competitor, St. Au- gustine, Fla, “The claims of Washington were presented by Mrs. C. D, Merwin, while Sister Esther Carlotta presented the invitation from her home city. “Although Sister Carlotta’s ad- dress was declared to be the most el- oquent and impressive ever heard on the floor of a U. D, (. convention, the issue was never in doubt from the start, the sentiment among the delegates being that Washington would be a more suitable place than the Florida city next year, in view of the fact that several important movements now on foot need the im-| petus of congressional backing and support.” Naster GILCHRIST'S KICK. Governor Gilehrist in a speech m; the Escambia County Fair, advocat- ed strougly the abolition of the sec-| ond primary. He pointed out what many candidates have already dis- | covered, that the primary system is| extremely expensive, and he desires | ] | rangements We believe | to sce some method adopted by which the choice of the voter may be ex-| pressed at one primary. The melhod‘ of voting first and second choice, as | adopted by some countries, has prov-| en extremely satisfactory as obtain-| ing the consensus of opinion on any andidate at the first ballot.—Miami Herald. | NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE | WRITER LIKES Tmmmity of Tampa represented by an ex-|sacola by the Board of Bond Trus- Mary Currier Parsons, is llu\} nom-de-plume of a well known| newspaper and magazine writer, who! after spending a year in Florida, h;\s' selected Lakeland for her winter res- idence. She is now in this city to remain until spring. The followlm:| shows her appreciation of The Eve-! ning Telegram: “Editor Evening Telegram: Al- low me to congratulate you on the new daily. It far surpasses the dailies found in cities, twice the size of Lakeland, and is a credit to the ability of the publishers. “This daily paper is exactly what Lakeland needs, a necessity in every home. Your telegraphic news is! clean, concise, and to the point; the whole paper spells progress. Well may Lakeland be proud of The Eve- ning Telegram.” i A number of the politicians are renting offices and making other ar- for opening political | headquarters at an early date. A number of these headquarters will be in operation before the holi- dayxs, although the fun is not likely v commence before January 1st. WE WOULDN'T OBJECT. With many of the calendars stat- ing that Thanksgiving day is No- vember 23 it may be that some folks will get two servings of turkey - Miami Metropolis. Last Saturday the world saw thei cleventh hour of the eleventh day of | the eleventh month of the nineteen hundred and eleventh year. It will b a century before another such an hour comes along. 1 sfon, {tive clharacter. (Continued from page one.) | body of officers with power to iiy| tolls aid to change them to me:. | changing trade conditions and cow- | petition. | Touching the right of the L‘nituui States to pay tolls on American ves- sels using the canal Secretary Stim- son had not the shadow of a doubt. He said there would be no violation lof the United States luflh legal and! papers, magazines, etc., ! moral to subsidize its shipping pass-| has a fine stock of stationery of all! dug through the canal. Under the treaty with Great Britain the rules of the Suez (‘anal were to govern and in that case it had never been considered a violation of the rule of meutralization for a nation to pay the tolls upon the vessels flylng its flag. Substantially every European government using the Suez Canal pays such subsidies, fully or partial- ly equivalent to the full tolls, When the Panama (anal is opened the vessels of all of our marine competi- tors who use it will be in receipt from their governments of sums of money either given them directly .to pay their tolls, or applicable in their discretion to such use. Therefore, said the Secretary, it was perfectly clear that the United States had the right to appropriate to the vessels paying the same, the sum paid into its Treasury by those vessels in the form of Canal tolls. Secretary Stimson expected great benefit to the country from the canal in its effect upon trans-continental rutes, although the public had never ! received any real benefit from the|to be, under the new Panama railroads as a competitor with the traps-continental lines. He declared that in the future we must be more successful in dealing with this question as the country had not put its money into the canal merely to allow the new route to throttled as the old one was. He was in- clined to believe, he said in conclu- that effective solution of the {problem would be to extend over the new route the power of the Inter- state Commerce Commission, “FLORIDA DAY” AT CHICAGO EXPOSITION November 28 has been designated s “Florida Dbay” at the United States Land and Irrigation Exposi- tion which opens in Chicago Novem- ber 18 and will continue until De- cember 9, This information was received from the directors, says the Tampa Times, of the association this morn- ing. At the same time they again newed their which has previously been made, to have the request, hibit. 1t will be remembered that this was not considered by the board of trade, when the matter came betore that body in an official way for various reasons, However, Florida will have an ex- hibit. The space that was alloted to the state and which was not taken advantage of, has been taken over by Foster & Reynolds, the “Ask Mr. Fos- ter” people. They will arrange a suitable and attractive display for Florida. Governor Gilchrist has been in- vited by the directors to be present on “Florida Day” and the program for that occasion is being arranged by a committee from this state, The promoters of the land show are try- ing to make the day a most memor- able one, and they are being assisted in a private way by mauy promiuent people of this state. ldeals of character are not always as broad and high and positive as they might be. Some people think that because they do not lie, steal, or break the law, their character is about perfect, says the Gainesville Sun. That is nothing but a nega- True character is positive; positively generous in its attitude towards others, positive in its sympathy with what is right and true, positive in the matter of citi- zenship and of religion. The ladies of the Gainesville W. C. T. U. are contemplating the erec- tion of a building of their own. Earth would be a good deal more heaven-like if in more homes there was more singing and less complaint ing, more cheer and less gloom.— Gainesville Sun. U. S. SHOULD OPERATE CANAL | BEAUTIFUL SELECTION OF i EOLIDAY POST CARDS Miss Ruby Daniel has re ceived a itul line of souvenir cards, suit- alle for Thanksgiving and the holi- day scason. They are choice in de- <izn and coluring, the stock is large, ! and most any taste can be suited in the assortment, which also includes, local post-card views. Besides the regular line of news- Miss Daniel! ' ¢ | | | kinds. She is making a special re-| duction on souvenir stationery, which | bears four different views of Lake-! land scenes. She also has a full line, of tablets and all kinds of school! supplies, : Her line of tobaccos and cigars) are not surpassed in the city. lee! her a call, in the lobby of “Edisonia”. | 8he will appreciate your patronage. | IMPROVING UNION STATION AT JACKSONVILLE In anticipation of a big winter tourist season, now about to open up extensive improvements are being| made to the interior of the Union depot. In fact, the station is being remodeled. A large baggage room is being built on the north side in llu-| old court. When this is completed | the present space used for baggage will be couverted into a waiting room | ol negro p selgers. The present pegro waiting room is | order, hand- somely fitted up as a salon for white passengers., In this connection the i ticket office, news stands, telegraph booths, etc,, are to be so arranged that they will be easily accessible to both races without the necessity of | | a mingling. ‘) The improvements call for ex- | penditure of several thousand dol- Hars and when completed will make ! the old station one of the most up- to-date in this section, Many other improvements are also being made. | Times Union, | St ! EAST SIDERS NOT EXCITED | ‘; The election to determine whether [ Pinellas shall or shall not be, will be lield next The people jon this side of the county are not very interested in the result of the contest, Feeling as they do, that they will net Lo very much affected by the resuit lhvi election fo, they cannot work | up the slightest enthusiasm over the matter. Plait City Courier, Tuesday. whichever way Bids are soon to be opened in Pen- tees for the lyine of §450,000 worth of additional street paving., | | —————————————— — RUBE ALLYN EUMORIST IMPERSONATOR Will Entertain in the High School Auditorium, Thursday, Nov. 16 Benefit Confederate Mcnument Fund. Admission 25¢. Students, 15 cents. 11-18 If all the business men and farmers in this community, weid BANK their money right here at home instead of hordii i, o sending it away it would help every other man in this ‘cmwu . ty and therefore help himself. It is merely SELF-PRO and SELF DEVELOPMENT for us to keep out money :i and help OURSELVES, We will gladly give our counsel to anyone who wii's (s ness advice—especially if we can steer you away Iiow .n e vestments which might cause you a loss. BE CAREFI'L Let OUR Bank be YOUR Bank. We Pay 4 Per Cent. on Savings Accounts. First National Ban of Lakeland Under control of U.§. Gosrr i HERE'S THE PRILE, GIRLS ho’s Going to Get It? Some little girl in Lekeland is and | surely you are going to be that little girh aren’'t you? Then come to our store at once and | get your Trade-Mark Puzzle—set to work 10 win that dandy little **Buck’s” Junior Rand¢ now on exhibition in cur window- It is a beautiful, real little Rangc—10t a toy—but a real range. So come girls, get busy—the contest closes December 5th. e ————————————— — J.W. 0’Doniel & Sons (0. LEADING FURNITURE DEALERS. To Reach the People Advertist it THE TELEGRAM