Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, November 20, 1911, Page 4

i S - g | \ " anywhere for $1.00 per year. * to the candidacy of W. N. Sheats_for -Paltka llerald. The Evening Telegram Published every afternoon from the Kenbucky Building, Lakeland, Fla. Entered in the postoffice at Lake- land, Florida, as mail matter of the second class. M. F. HETHERINGTON, EDITOR. A. J. HOLWORTHY Business and Circulation Manager. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One year ..............$5.00 , S8ix months ......... oo 2,60 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 & weekly newspaper giving a re- sume of local matters, crop condi- tions, county affairs, etc. Sent —_— The first product of the new county of Pinellas doubtless will be a fine crop of patriots ready to serve their country at so much per. 0 The Palatka News is writing po'try, or pottery, or verse, or worse —and about (laude L'Engle, too. This is the burden of its rhyme: “Let's put Claudius in this time,” ) We would hate to be a good-look- ing woman and have to be tried by a jupy of women. There may be women who can be fair to a pretty member of their sex, but they are extremely rare. A B The Lakeland Telegram, with Edi- tor Hetherington in charge, is the latest venture in Florida journalism. We wish it the same remarkable suc- cess as has attended the long and useful li‘c of The Lakeland News,— el i) s It don't take some people long to get enough of a Shakesperian pro- duction. They left the show the- other night as soon as they found there wasn't even a buck and wing dance or a black-faced comedian, S0 Sometimes—not often—we have to go away from home to learn the news. A case in point is in regard State Superintendent of Public In- struction, announcement of which was made in the Tampa Tribune to- day. s e—— It is so seldom that a fire for heating purposes is needed in Florida, that when a family in Orlando made a blaze in the open fireplace, the fire department rushed to the scene, and there was no end of excitement. But, oh you northern coal bills! Nl c—— Southern people, as a whole, do not believe the assault made on Booker Washington by that New Yarker was justified, and if the case had been tried in a Southern Statq the assallant probably would have been fined. In a Northern court, however, the greatest negro of his race re- ceived neither justice nor sympathy. The only real friends of the negro are the people of the South, notwith- ‘standing the long-distance vaporings of the northern press. % — e - Palatka is bragging about her brick-paved streets, the quality of the brick used coming in for some enconiums. We are not bragging about our brick streets—just yet. We might take a leaf out of Palatka’s book of experience, however, next time we go to spend money on the streets. This paper would be pleas- ed to see something permanent, and lasting in street improvement, if only one block a year could be dis- posed of. TS S T Hon. Thos. West, of Milton, is a candidate for Attorney-General. Seems to us he ought to make a pret- ty good successor for Park Tram- mell, as he and Trammell were the forces behind the L. & N. which caus- ed it to reduce the exorbitant rate it had so long been charging on its line in Florida. Trammell as Gov- ornor and West as Attorney-General would make a fine combination. —— e " o| You may pluck and eat them. are delicious—a fairy salad. Some- times when 1 give a dinner party 1 had one of these little prepared let- tuce beds in the center of the table. The guests see the lettu¢e grow, and when the time comes for the salad course there is their salad blooming before them all ready for them to pluck.” way of cooking are accomplished with the chafing dish and denatured al: cohol stoves and scientific marvels like this, we may reasonably expect to see the lamb driven alive, slaught- ered and cooked before our very eyes. —New York Times, ; crat? tal analytical chemist adopt a platform showing Florida Democrats national conven- erage Floridian know that the dele- gates to the last national convention THE EVENING TELEGRAM LAKELAND, FLA. PAGE FOUR. | l ICost of Living : = Affected by Condition | 0[ Country Roatlsl NOW, PREACHERS, ISN'T THIS THE GOSPEL TRUTH} Herron Theatre MABLE PAIGE and her company 2 nights beginning Wednesday, Nov. 22 1st night “Lost Trail” 2nd night “Billy” Prices 25c¢, 50c, 75¢ The ncwspapers donate a large amount of advertising space every year to printing church notices for which they never ask nor receive any pay. 'They also advertise special meetings, revivals and socials as well as reports of sermons and the ad- dresses, This generosity is seldom appre- ciated. But religion owes much of its success to the newspapers. But very few preachers even thank the papers or give them due credit in & public way.—Apalachicola Times. We are promised that sugar will go higher. The sugar trust. has raised the price until the consumer pays more for this necessity than at any other time in the last twenty yeéars. As Americans use 7,360,000, 000 pounds of sugar in a year, the 'advance of two cents per pound means an additional cost of $347.- 000,000 In explanation of 'this enormous cost, we are told that the cane crop of Cuba has failed, and that the best crop of Germany amounted to nothing. Also that the miljion ton's surplus in Russia is unavail- able because of local laws prohibiting its exportation. It will be remem- bered that in & recent trial the su- gar trust was compelled to return $2,000,000 stolen by false weights in weighing the raw sugar d{rom abroad.” Not a man was sent. to jail for this crime. The money was restored to the government and then the trust decided to filch the public. A good deal of Attorney General Wickersham's prosecutions of the trusts seem like bluffs, He has the magnates fined and then they retal- iate on the public. In these trials he employs a lot of legal friends to Pelp the government—for big fees. [ WHAT NEXT? When at a dinner in Rome a tour- ist was served with strawberries still growing on the parent vine in a com- mon earthen pot,which was concealed by a sash of wide ribbon, she thought this was the last word with regard to serving food at the dinner table. It remains, however, for a New York florist to work what seems like a miracle. He claims to be able to grow ‘lettuce while you wait—crisp lettuce for dinner to eat with yqur broiled spring chicken. \When asked to reveal his secret he said: I take a handful of lettuce seeds that have been soaked over night in alcohol and I plant them in a box containing three inches of loam and quicklime. I water this well, and in ten minutes the seeds burst. In twenty minutes two tiny leaves push through the earth. The leaves grow and multiply. In an honr they are as big as dollars. Then They Consldering what marvels in the WHAT 18 A DEMOCRAT? Can you define a Florida Demo- If so, you're the greatest men- of history. Why not hold a convention that will where tion, presidential electors and a na- tional committeeman? Does the av- Eibert Hubbard sald “The way to fight com- petition is to do the work better” On this basis we bid for your patronage on NORRIS' Candies, the best and most beantiful line ever ereatel. RED CR0SS PHARMACY Exclusive Ageats. were selected, to a great extent, be- cause their names came first, on the ballot? This resulted from the fact that the candidates could not afford to canvass the state for an honorary position, and few people knew them. A convention, would guarantee the selection of the strong men and the adoption of a real platform of prin- ciples. This is the only kind of convention that the people should tolerate, but we should have fit.— Jacksonville Metropolis. —— Miami, Nov. 18.—Miami is to have & new banking institution, which is another evidence of the rap- id strides this”city and country is making. The new institution is to be called the Southern Bank and Trust Company, with a capital stock of $100,000. The incorporators are, J. N. Lummus, Frederick Streeter Morse, James E. Lummus, Charles S. Huddleston and T. W. Shands. The incorporators are all citizens of Mi- ami except T. W. Shands, who is a prominent banker and financier of Gainesville, Fla. Mr. Shands is also a director in lhe\lhnk of Bay Bis- cayne .of this city. The officers of the new institution are J. N. Lum- mus president; Frederick Streeter Morse, vice-president; and Clarence L. Huddleston, secretary and treas- urer. STATIONERY | Ib. Red Cross Linen and- two packages envel- opes to matc m . Red Cross Pharmacy Mischievous Chicago youths caused a serious riot in that city when they liberated twenty-five pigs from crates in which they were ('oi‘llld. A dos- en persons were injured and much damage was done to property. The man who says he never makes NOV. 20, 1911. (By Associated Press.) Richmond, Va., Nov. 20.—Good roads as related to the cost of liv- ing was discussed by United States Secretary of Agriculture James Wil- clared the cost of living would be reduced when there was established a more intimate relation between the producer and the consumer. With the increase in the good road mile- age, the parcels post, he said, would perfect the facilities for getting from the farm to the town. “Relations between farmers and town folks can be established,” he exclaimed, “for the prompt transfer daily or weekly of much that the farmer produces and town people consume. At present when the town dweller pays a dollar, the farmer gets half or less. With parcels post the farmer would get more ,the car- rier would get his freight and the consumer would get his supplies promptly, fresh. and good. Dairy products, fruits, meats and vegeta- bles are transferred in this way in other countries, with great satisfact- fon to all concerned and with less unhealthy food, fewer ptomaines and less frequent stomach troubles,” The value of farm land and the extent and character of production thereon are influenced largely, the Secretary pointed out, by the condi- tion of the public roads. Many pro- ducts, he said, cannot be transported for long distances over poor roads, so that farmers in such countries must raise crops that are not perish- able. This works loss to both pro- ducer and consumer, to the former in that he must deliver his goods when the roads permit ,to the lat- ter in that he must pay higher prices than if good roads would permit the farmer to deliver his milk, fruit and \'egetaillen with less wear and tear on horses and wagons and in Iosg time. : “Every farmer should, merely as a matter of self-interest,” said the Secretary, “be a strong advocate of road Iimprovement and should give practical support to a movement looking to the betterment of present conditions.” Turning to what has been done in this direction by the Department of Agriculture through its bureau of good roads, ll.le Secretary declared that as a result of object lesson roads constructed by the bureau in various states nearly 10,000 miles of good roads had been built. *“Last year it was found from a careful investi- gation made in connection with twenty-eight object lesson roads, none of them were more than a mile in length, that 730 miles of addition- al road had been completed and that an increase of $1,500,000 had been expended in the work. “These object-lesson roads,” he continued, “‘are constructed under the direction of engineers from the bureau of good roads, whose servi- ces are given absolutely free of cost to the local communities, although the road itselt must be built at the cost of the locality. Our laborator- fes for the testing of road materials are ‘now considered the foremost in the world, and provide for the test- ing of road materials to determine their relative value, such tests being made free of charge for any citizen of the United States. In addition, our' .hbontorlen are working con- stantly on the problems of devising materials and combpinations of ma- terials for the construction and treat- ment of roads to meet modern traf- fic conditions brought about by the introduction of the automobile.” He spoke of a number of experiments made in various places with different kinds of road material. Enormous ex) -uditures for road improvement during the past few years, he asserted, make it necessary for the work to be done right and the mokey wisely expended. The re- sources of the Department of Agri- culture to help local authorities in getting their money's. worth when- ever they had any roads to build, were, he declared, open to the com- mand of the various communities. - son, in an address here today betore: the Good Roads Congress. He de-' MISS RUBY C. DANIE| ; + Lakeland’s Leading News and Stationery Store All the leading paperJ and magazines. St;. tionery. Post Cards, Schoo! Sup. - plies, Cigars and Tobacco. Lobby of Edisonig Theatre Your Patronage Will Be Appreciated | School for Physical Culture AND BAND CLASS Conducted by- Prof. Samuel Tauber and Prof. 6. Mazerall, THE ABOVE GENTLEMEN HAVE OPENED A SCHOOL IN THE Higy SCHOOL BUILDING. HOURS FRON 2:30 TO 5 0'LCOCK. PHYSICAL CULTURE will be taught in English or German. Bop and girls taught separately, $1.00 each per month. SAMUEL TAUBER, Physical Culture Teicher. taught five years jn London and two years in Boston; also taught in Jacksonville and Tamp, When in regular practice in London, neck measured 18 inches, hust 44, Physical culture and osteopathy. is:the best medicine in the world. Mr i Tauber has never had a drop of medicine in his mouth. | is especially good for men who work in offices. | _ PRIVATE LESSONS will be given in the morning from six 10 te o'clock, for nervousness, rheumatism, asthma, ‘etc., $2.90 per week for three treatments, i REFERENCE: Dr. Evans, 510 Florida avenue, Jacksonill; sy Y. M, C. A, Tampa. Physical culture Band Instruction, THE BAND LEADER guarantees that ltudeny will play well iy six months. He has had twenty years' expefience in music, and his or ganized and taught several bands, He will teach at the High scheol by the Italian system. He would like to have 24\ students, like 1 military band. Price, each, pqr month, $2.00. 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