Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, November 22, 1911, Page 4

3 - s Goe PAGE FOUR, FLA., NOV. LAKEI ING TELEGRAM The Evenmg Telegram Published every afternoon from theg Kentucky Building, Lakeland, Fla. ; | i Ne postoflice at Lake- Entered in land, Florida, as mail matter of the second class, M. F. III‘TIH-.HI\(-IO\' EDITOR. AL llol,\\'OllTllY Business and Circulation \I.xnago SUBSC ltll"l 10N RH‘LH One year ........covee .$5.00 8Six months ..... 2.50 Three months ......... 1.28 Delivered anywhere within the )imits of the City of Lakeland for 10 cents a week, A SO Ee i e S From the same office is issued THE LAKELAND NEWS a weekly newspaper giving a re- sume of local matters, crop condi- tions, county affairs, etc. Sent anywhere for $1.00 per year. R R RN SRR U “Ten Thousand in 1915 That sounds good, and it should be the slogan of every Lakeland booster. Let the State census give us that nice round figure, and let everybody work to that end. 0 i today says that the Bryan is A dispatch ship on which William J. o passenger, en route to Panama, is stranded off one of the Leeward Isl- ands. Bryan probably is taking the matter placidly. His political ship has been on the rocks so o'ten that he has gotten used to such oceur- ences, . o0 The BEvenin, ‘Telegram has more friends ard teacr knocks than any enterpr over ctarted in Lakeland. leaps — and now few Its cireviniion cws by bounds, il homes, indecd, 0 which it is not a regular Jeome visitor. The gecret of its success is simple: It there are delivers the goods, | 0 The gentleman who now bears the entire burden of the publication of the Kort Myers Press is appropriate- e will need to bey | Iy named Stoat, that way to carry the load he has| assumed, but as has had twenty-five| years' experience in newspaper work in Ft. Myers, he is doubtless equal to the task. 0 } P. A, Rubl has severed his contee- | tion with the Fort Myers engage in other business boys"™ Press, to Pete has been one of “the a longz time and he will be missed by the craft. He has doue splendid work on the Lright paper that has been such a credit to Fort Myers, bt there are| few men who can long stand up to the grind of getting out a daily paper in a small city, and we lrustl he will tind in his new field of labor more ease and more money than usually comes to a newspaper man. | 0 Miami is clamoring for cwnership ot public utilities, we think, in view of the experience of the city of Lakeland, that her de- gire is well founded. There have been those who have criticised the management of the light and water plants, and some who have insisted that wuder private service might be better and cheaper but we differ with them. Lakcland now has one of lh(‘; most up-to-date and efficient plants! in Florida, and the municipal and ownership the respectfully service is, oon| the whole, guite satistactory, and is furnished at rates which we douln could be socured under private own ership Morcover. the plant is now payinge mdsomely T owill in stead of beiy moeNR be a \ enne producer, enabli the ity 10 make orhe mprovements A uewspaper best service to its communi as a whole, | ud to society is sometimes more forcibly demon-! strated in what it thay in| what is a piec omits it publishes. Sometimes there | may think vou enght to see in the pape r;‘ sometimes the false a which yvou think we fail in our duty by not blazoning to the world When to publish some small piece of news will serve no| better purpose than to make hearts| still sorer that alrcady are howod; down, this paper has no time "'! space for the item ol gossip which you eITor or step nfi rward one, * | { [to my | was in [ trustees so desired. Butg Trammell Replies | To Attacks of Jacksonville Paper Houw, Park Trammell answers the! attacks made upon him by The Juck-! sonville Metropolis in yesterday's is- sue of that paper, a portion of which | letter is reproduced below: Tallanassee, Nov. 20. | I~dnor of The .\lolmpoh; The editorial in a recent issue uli your paper entitled, “Resign ll(,mw: Running —The Metropolis Justified, ', does the people of Florida an injus- | tice, and does me an injustice. 1 say{ an injustice to the people of Florida, | because unquestionably any utter-! ance that misleads the public in re- gard to one of their officers is unjust | and unfair to the public. | say an injustice to me, because any state- ment about any public officer or any citizen that is untrue and that is mis- leading, is unjust and unfair to the officer or the person about whom it is| written or spoken. It is my desire that the public may be informed as to my public service and my public record, and || invite you to discuss the same at any | time. But 1 ask that when you do so, you inform yourself as to the facts| and then be fair, The idea which you sought to convey by your editorial and your conclusions therein were absolutely untrue, You on account of my tried to make it appear that candidacy for the Governorship that the State had been forcad to the necessity of the em ployment of ay additional attorney, and that becanuse | had not yresigned entering the race, |owas ne- glecting my duty in the which you made reference My candidacy had nothing to do with the employment of flon. W, 8 Jennings in the duty in the suit in sine suit I have not neglected my in any Governoy question or other Former represent the trustecs in the case be Supreme Court at Washing and 1 owas not in oat- from respect Jennings did tore the ton lust wedk, tendance at the hearing, but the facts no sneh conclusions could he drawn as yvou have asserted, ~ Say Trustecs Are Responsible. hie facts are that during the ad- ministeation of the Jate Broward, the trastees o the lmprovement Fand, of 1hus, Governor ! Internal in the carly part hitd Governor Jeanings, who time their attoraey, to State i the Supreme Wade vs, At was at that represent the Court lantic in the case of Lamber Company This case was one imolving the same land grant which isis in question in the case argued before the United Sta Supreme Court last week. The Flor- ida Supreme Court heid the land grant fatute unconstitut.onal, its decision, heing 12 therefore, vorable to the State. Later, bat during Broward’s administration and incumbeney, N. G Peters stituted in the United States District | Court a suit against the the L L Fund, on alleged to have s under the law | involved in the Wade case. or Jennings represented the trustees | in this case trom the time 1t was in-/! stituted Upon the hearing Shephard, his contention tained and the decision ot the conrt! of the State. An ap- peal was then taken by Peters to the | United States Cireuit Court of Ap- still Governor trustees of | count of claims Govern- before Judge | was SII.\'-! favor peals When 1 had been attorney Gene enly o few weeks, the ap- peal came up tor o hearing in New Orlvans. 1 knew vothing of the case, hed no time to make any prep- ton, and the rrustees requested vovernor Jeifnings to continue in the o bef, the Cirenit Conrt of Ap- peals. N Peters” appeal having 1 the Couri of Appeals, his attorneys then appealed to the Uni- ted State Supreme Conrt When this appeal was taken 1 offered to) take cha ted States Supreme in the Uni- Court, if the, the trus-| of Governor Jen- of the case tees, on account nings’ long connection with the case, and his thorongh knowledge of every { deemed it advisable 1o ature of it, { have him continue to represent them in the case. He has been in charge of the case since its incipiency; the State has ! been successful in each court through which the case has passed, and th(-n" your reflection upon ex-Governor Jernings and myself, 3 is a supporter of mine a business proposi- To support this to create the im- has been extensive- when you as- sert that he f—____'_—\\ MISS RUBY C. DANI: L Lakeland’s Leading News and Stationery Store " Herron Ihcagr_g 'MABLE PAIGE and her company and that it is ftion with him. | criticism you try | presion that he Iy cmployed in State litigation since I have been attorney general. This as he has only been em- All the leading papers and wagazines, S | tionery, Po-t Cards, Scnool Sup- | plies, Cigars and Tobacco. | Lobby of Edisonia Theatre I | Your Patronage Will Be Appreciated 2 nights beginning Wednesday, Nov. 22 is untrue, ployed since 1 became attorney gen- era] in the one case upon which he visited Washington last week. The services rendered by him in | | ist night “Lost Trail” ' the drainage suits, which were set- tled some time ago, were arranged 2nd night “Billy” Prices 25¢c. 50c, 75c¢ tor and agreed upon when the suits arose prior to my incumbency. was no necessity or reason for me to put the State to the expense of a trip to Washington. And furthermore, regardless of the fact that | happened to be in Pensacola for two or three days, there were State duties which re- quired my time and attention here during the same time that | would have been away had | gone to Wash- ington. No fair-minded man can for a moment have an idea that ex-Gov- ernor Jennings was employed by the trustees in this case on account of me not having resigned to run for Governor, or for the purpose of me having an opportunity to spend a couple of days in Pensacola during fair week. To believe this a person wonld have to say that the trustees ot the 1. 1. Fund,” begun a conspir- acy to such end during Governor ————— Schooi for Physical Culture AND BAND CLASS Conducted by Prof. Samuel Tauber and Prof. 6. Mazera!la Carter Manutacturino €o0. Sues A. C. L. For Damages Failure to supply necessary equip- ment for cars carrying lumber is one of the grounds alleged by the Carter Manufacturing Company, large saw mill operators of Carters, Polk coun- ty, Fla,, in a suit for damages of $2.500 filed in Circuit Court yester- day afternoon, in which the plaintiff is represented by Attorney F. M. Simonton, The declaration filed in connection 1se sets forth that the M- st Line, a corporation ex-| THE ABOVE GENTLEMEN HAVE OPENED A SCHOOL IN THE HiGH SCHOOL BUILDING. HOURS FROM 2:30 TO 5 0'LCOCK PHYSICAL CULTURE will be taught in English or G o and girls taught separately, $1.00 each per month, SAMUEL TAUBER, Physical Culture Teacher, taught ! <y London and two years in Boston; also taught in Jacksonville i When in regular practice in London, neck measured 1N inin “ Physical culture and o=teopathy is the best medicine in 1l \ Tauber has never had a drop of medicine in his mouth, P is especially good for men who work in offices. with the lantic Cod Broward’s administration, long be-!isting under the laws of Virginia, is, A tore 1 even thought of running for|a common carricr between points in . PRIVATE LESSONS will be given in the morning frou i oc 1 FVOUSTOSS > atis ! e Q00 ‘e altoreey general; that being the time | Flovida and that, as such, it is the o'clock, for nervousness, rheumatism, asthma, ete., §2.00 three treatments, v oof the ish certain former Jennings was first employed | « in this case; and then that the final climax in the was in thej plio carly part of when his ser-| o) vices were continued in the railway company to turn- | stays, standards, ete,, to | flat cars so that cargoes | Y. M. ( may be carried sccurely \lthough requested sev- REFERENCE: Dr. Evans, 510 Florida avenue, Juok A., Tampa. conspiracy 1900, on the Band Instruction, guarantees that students will pla lumber case, al-and sately, THE BAND LEADER : W " . 5 . . | though this was about two years be- | or! times o furnish these, the dec- | months. e has had twenty years' oxperience in music tore | concluded to aspire to rhn‘l:umm.:‘ ~ets torth, the railway ‘re-| panized and taught several bands e will teach at the ii \ Governorship, | tised to de so, making it necessary | (he Italian system. He would like to have 24 students o ground for |10 the pegquipment of that kind, to furnish The cost of There is absolutely himber company band. Price, each, per month, $2.00, e s . : 4 For Information as to Physical Culture and Band Instruction. o = 4if Lemon Street, or ‘Phone 195.Red. tnrnishing this equipment, it is amounts to $1.50 S0 that, it hat cars pany for sending Jine 20100, antil the date of filing the suit, the railway company | the plaintift the sum of $603 [ i Charged for Weight. | The second count sets torth that (s the duty of the defendant com- | | pany 10 deduet the weight of the| | standards stays turnished by ! | the lumber company from the weight iur the cargo, the standards and .\'I:L\'.\E “ weighing for| t charged by | | chrimed, per car, is clatimed, on the 402 used by the lumber com- | mt lumber from | | OwWes | | | “WORTH SN/ YOUR LIPS (v \h !‘- and u_, bt !'::(f abiont 1000 pounds cach car. The | the railway for amoni i ing the stays. 2 it is alleged, is § car, and in 3 ol this way, it . the lumber | 2 vompany has heen overcharged $502. | e Although several times requested to { do s0. the declaration states, the rail- | way company has not paid any part Eibert Hubbard said: fof the alleged overcharge, w s I'he way to fight com- | According 10 the is claime second count the p(.'titi(m l\ to (10 th‘ 'rail\\'a_\' company is indebted to the | ’ : lumber company to the extent of work better On this B $1.055 bargained and sold by the 9 plaintiff to the defendant, also in like sum of $1,005 for moneys paid Piltfl)llilg‘(‘ on NORRIS' by the plaintiff in cquipment used basis we bid for your GIRLS % = by the railway company, for over- ey > R -2 . Candies, the I)L‘.\l> and ! charges, work done, and labor fur- most heanm'ul “nc ever nished. 1t is claimed that the dcn‘ ’ H o A fendant company promised to pay ereated, | this amount but has failed to regard | : | that " promise. although frequently RED CROSS PHARMACY requested to carry it out. There- | Exclusive A nts. ‘;o‘n- .lhv plaintiff ¢laims damages of | | $2.500 Some little girl in Lekeland is 2 surely you are going to be that little airl aren’t you? CARD OF THANKS. I take this method of thanking all of my friends and wneighbors for the many acts of kindn during my husbands lone Jin my hour of sorrow beautiful floral offerings appreciated and wil] i membered by me wi | own STATIONERY I Ib. Red Cross Linen and: two packages envel- opes to match ( Red Cross Speak Gently. | Pharmacy [up S it good, the joy, that it may bring eterni- ity shall tell —G. W. Langfora Then come to our store at oncc 2nd get your Trade-Mark Puzzle—set to work 1 I win that dandy little **Buck’s” Junior R:70¢ now on exhibition in cur window- Itis a beautiful, real little Ranc:— " a toy—but a real range. shown us illness and Also for th It was al always be 1 A 53 e couldn’t have atitud Pt people it near {done wmor 3. WILLIAM Auburudale, Fla SANDSR Nov. 22, 1911 st Sure That Fish Are Fresh. | Fish for Copenhagen as soon n‘ ’ caught are put into barges with sieve- | like bottoms, and so are sold alive in | 'Qe market, delivered fresh and flap- .mng out of tank wagons, at a nominal l I price i | So come girls. get busy—the cun'e closes December Sth. e ————————————— J.W. 0’Doniel & Sons Co. LEADING FURNITURE DEALERS.