Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, December 5, 1911, Page 4

4 PAGE FOUR. THE EVENING TELEGRAM LAKELAND, FLA., DEC. 5, 1911. . ——————————————————————————————— The Evening Telegram Published every afternoon from the Building, Lakeland, Fla. Kentucky Entered in the postoffice at Lake- land, Florida, as mail matter of lhel seeend class. M. F. HETHERINGTON, EDITOR. HOLWORTHY Business and Circulation Manager. A J SUBSCRIPTION RAT! One year Six months Three months Delivered anywhere within the limits of the City of Lakeland for 10 cents a week, ¥rom the same office is issued THE LAKELAND NEWS a weckly newspaper giving a re- sume of local matters, crop condi- | tivns, county aftairs, ete. Sent anywhese tor $1.00 per year. Bdiicr Hotherington's editorial on the MeNamura confession is one n!‘ the ahle that has appearcd in :m.\; paper, lrge o small, North ori South, de gives 1o union [uhu! some o (ke most valuable advice it B cver received, Tampa Tribune, 0 Henry ML Plagler has resigned as divector of the Standard Oil Co., and dohn D Rocheieller has o ned tie presidency of chat corporation, This does not wean that the public will speedily disassociate these gentle- men from conpection with the octo- pus, 0 The radioal change of front of the lubor wvions throughout the coun- tey, in cnouncing the MeNamaras and veindiog their severe panish- ment | mmcudable, It is a great pity taat crganized labor took up the tich; oo e MeNamaras so un- compronsinely in the absence of better oinds to believe in their INNnoce Loe, 0 Wty Wiy does the Times-Union find it neces (o sell its paper in this ne-half its advertised price, and throw in a ides? It is unfair to because the Times- “hargain price” is below the cost of production, The Times-Union great newspaper and we have an admiration for it as such, and a triendly feeling for its management, but if it is poing to try the game of killing competition by such methods, the press of Florida, daily and week- ly, is going to be heard from. The paper will get more business in this section by going after it in a legiti- mate way, than by pursuing a cut- throat policy, section ol subgeription chromo bes other newspapers, Union 1S a Giremmsvosities The movement to provide a happy Christmas for poor children who might otherwise be neglected during that season of gladness, is one which does great credit to the kindhearted persons who have inaugurated it. It is true that in this community conditions, happily, are such as to render such an arrangement not so ssary as in the more congested centers of population. We venture the ertion that there are as few cases of absolute poverty in and around LaKkeland as in any commun- ity of like numbers in the country. At the same time it is very likely that u good many homes where Santa Claus will not be lav- ish of his treg and the effort to bring happiness into these homes i worthy of the highest commenda- tion If we may be ]n;rmitlml a sug- wonld like to see this Committee” extend its operations so as to suushine it can into where there is want to the children, but to pathetic figures, upon whom old age has crept before a suitable barricade could be builded to keep the woll from the door. In any event, The Telegram commends the movement to the charitably in- clined people of this community hopes that no person, will lack abundance more than material man sympathy there are ures, gestion, we “Santa Clans the scope of bring what every home not only those eren more , and old or young, and what s abundance, hu- during the joyous sedason soon to be ushered in. GOOD ADVICE FROM A COMPETENT SOURCE Lakeland will on the month vote 30th of this bonds for paving, sewer- age and pablic buildings in the sum of 150 000, apparently jndiciously divided three objects. We beg 10 sug the bes: vote the imity the wiween the of the interes people to| bonds with practical un:\n-“ There never was a town in| worid held back or l»:mkrumodi by municipal improvements honestly provided.. Tampa Times WWWMWWM% 3 HAWKINS, THE AMBITIOUS, } ¢ FLOYD, THE UNSQUELCHABLE ¢ "-“isozosowwwzozosowwws- 5 A0IOIOH OIGIOIOIOFOIOIE | | The Pensacola Journal tells the Floyd and Eugene Hawkins. Eugen: following amusing incident of the was up in the speaker's stand, Han\_ late Legislature at the expense of |was back in one of the representa- two of the brightest and most popn-zlhes places and had the floor and lar members of that body: |in his splendid oratory was making | Mr. Ethridge, clerk in the office | & most wonderful appeal for the sup- of the state treasurer, tells an amus- | port of some measure, and while L and ing incident that happened in the|spoke in his most impressive R O B 4 capitol during the session of the last | earnest manner, Eugene was using, beautiful glow upon ,[h') e falr-.| Picnic Hams, per pound ....... ... ... ... ... . 19 1% legislature. It was one afternoon, |his greatest strength in hammering iy groaned beneath its weight ofi Mothers’ Oats, per package..... ... ... ... ... i0c when the house of representatives|on the speaker’s desk and calling to ! good things to eat. The menu com- | Heckers’ Whole Wheat Flour, per bag % nad adjourned. Mr. Ethridge heard |the “gentleman from Franklin” as|prised everything raised on “The Heckers' Graham Flour, per bag ... ... ... ... . BLY a tremendous noise and commotion |loud as he could to get above his Furm™. There were baked chickens Heckers' Rye Flour, per bag..... ... ... ... ... e in the hall of representatives, He|voice and break the spell of his en-|with dressing; young "rf’“' T8 f"““l 12 pound bag best Flour ....... ... ... ... ... .| e knew the house was not in session | thusiasm and :uyig, “The gentle- | o a turn, and the dish of all others, 24 pornd bag, ..... ol e RS §0e and that practically all the members | man from KFran is out of order.” boiled chicken with rice and dump- Fat Mackerel, each ..... ... s s 10 had gone home, or to their boarding| But the “gentleman from Frank- | !'Ms% There was potato salad made Irish Potatozs, per peek ........... ... ... ... ... e imagine | iin"” ! continued to speak in his sam: ! places, and he could not why the commotion in the house. 'forceful manner, and “‘Speaker’ S0 he went up to investizate, Ilv} ilawkins continned to call him to or- cracked the door open and peeped in! withont accomplishing hi= to find in the house only Il:n'r,\' der, but purpese, TAFT’S MESSAGE T0 CONGRESS (Continued from p R e i A A NS TO EVERY MAN, WOMAN Claus time has come o | ! | Suitta one,) soung and old, trusied to the proposed supervisory | Yod, no duabt, e read e commission which “should be an|=t. Nicholus Girl =" letter w th cxectiive tribunal, of the dignity [childven. Now we want your help aid power ol the Comptroller of the ! We want overytung you can do Catreney or the Interstate Commerce [adle I iany way that will please ana gladden tue heart of a child i shape ol a gt trom old Santa Clans oue subject; that it was comparative- Money? Yes, Peunies from the mor Iy brief and that accompanying it }!ortuuate children, Think! just teu was an appendix showing trust pros- | pennics will buy one toy that wi. instituted by all adminis- the sweet childish smile ol Lations since the enactment of the | romplete joy, because Santa brougii 1590, made the!it and perhaps the mothers anl iessaze unusual, According to this | father will expluin that it's Christ” appendia seven suits were broughi | Birthday and why Le is being under this act in the administration | wembered. Let’s do it! 1T not Commission.” I'he fact that iy dealt with only centions bring Shermap Act in AND CHILD IN LAKELAND "' A THANKSGIVING SUPPER. Auburndale, Dec. 4.—Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Owens entertained with an old tashioned Thanksgiving supper, Onj Thursday evening, November 20th, 1911, at their home “The Farm” near Auburndale. The dlnlng room | was tastefully decorated for the oc- caslon with evergreens and chry- nthemums, the color scheme being een, white and yellow. The long table extending throughout the {length of the room, sparkling with sw 13 pflllndl e o S | cut glass and silver, with two large Swift's Premium Hams, per pound LA e 8100 | .haded lamps casting a subdued and; Best Butter, per ponnd. e R [ Tweedell's Is Headquarters for Everything in Grocerie A FEW SPECIALS [ { pew Irizh potatoes just out of lhn} warden; baked potatoes and, ams; delicious squash that \\‘n\l]ll; o pleased the palate of an epicare ! hone- Pabr Bisa Cream B M08 . o000 s e s 2 Family size Cream, @ for ..., ) 5is ovs o0i o 253 CALL 59 AND WE WILL BE GLAD TO SERVE Y(r sSWeet Leme-mude pickles put up in (made vinegar; pear preserves and FETTRATEEY EIASRESDIAC T | rammg wiva jelly that were ciear s cry- al and red gs the setting san; pud-! E.G. TWEEDELL s that pleasod the eye a3 weil as the palate, Then there weee ples atid more pies; teicd appie | S our grandmothers aed to tadi I apple pies that ma c e e | ACFUll Line of - Dennison’s Seals b ’i‘j"j‘];"]“I';;j_‘l'.;‘.i1‘.';‘1"':';;“:“;'f";j3 LABELS. CHRISTMAS BOXES, TINSEL TWINE, GARLANIS ETC Covers were laid tor twenty-tive and all twenty-tive nobly and generously Onr line of these goods will be more varied and pretii - responded After =upper a camp-fire meeting | this year. twas held wround the big pim--knnl! . . orange and grapetrait trees laden with golden trait. How the childre l‘ of President Harrison; eight in My, |money, we want “;) not ah ohlllll‘”” enjoyed it! And the old foiks Tovel: ‘g S ) . YU - "W W, S 3 H are e b1 . N . Cleveland's second term; three un- | NeW ONCS, soin that are packeldi . ame children “for the once | T H E B o o K s der Pre ent MeKinley; forty-four <Wway, forgotten, minus a limb or {and ve-lived their childhood in | R E under Mr. Roosevelt in about seven and one hall years, and 37, so far, in the Taft administration, The President frequently ex- presses tersely his opinion of the Sherman law and what might be ex- pected it it were to be vepealed. He ST “The anti-trust act is the expres- sion of the effort of a freedom loving people to preserve equality of - op- portunity. “This statute as construed by the Supreme Court must continue to be the line of distinction for legiti- mate business, It must be enforced unless we are to banish individual- ism from all business. “Mere size is no sin against law, “Much is said of the reveal of this statute and of constructive legisla- tion intended to accomplish the purpose and blaze a clear path for honest merchants and business men to follow. plan will be evolved but 1 submit that the discussions which have been the brought in recent days by the fear | 64 years old $1.00, a little boy ""A, ¢ L of continued execution of the anti- trust law have produced nothing but glittering generalities. “As the offense (against the Sher- man law) becomes better understood and the committing of it partakes more of studied and deliberate de- fiance of the law, we can be confi- dent that juries will convict individ- uals and that jail sentences will be imposed.” The attempt to find a line within which monopolies and illegal combi- nations might exercise moderate power and be supported by the courts Mr. Taft pointed out, has failed. “Theorists and others engaged in business violating the statute” he said, “have hoped that some such line would be drawy by the courts; but no court of authority attempted it “It is not the purpose of the sta- tute to confiscate the property and capital of the offending trusts.” Other messages on various sub- jects, the President said, would be sent to Congress from time to time before the usual holiday recess, has ever A test for the purity of sugar is to burn a small quantity. 1If it is pure it will leave no ash. If it is wlulterated ashes will be left The Matter With Them. “What Is the Matter With Our Pub- lic School?” is the title of a page ar ticle in the Sunday issue of the New York Times. high school boy answer: “Too dog-gone many of them that it will be to]ain’t got nobody that's heavy enough | Instructions abou: to play center."—Chicago Record-Her- | \ hearty welcome is accorded all strangers in Lakeland. Every stran- |p who comes to the town is P'fl“""wu are standing still where vou ] with it. It may be that such a’ We submitted it to a/ who shall for the present be nameless, and this is his | what matter that, are waiting eye, but little loving ones clagp it. \We propose to gave mosi of these crippled dolls and horses 1 paired. So look around and se what you can find, We will an rounce all contributions in The Tel yOur own name or an- All mone: Red egram under cmymously it you prefer, fdonated will please be left at addressed to The St Any one knowing of children that their parents’ circumstances will not permit of gifts heing given on Christ- mas day, will be doing us a pleas- to “The St. Nicholas Girl", box 254 City. left in care of F. D. Bryan at Cen- tral Pharmacy Please this at once. of any kind as soon as possible. This idea has brightened many a sad heart in other towns; why not Lake- land? | Here are three contributors that i sent in money, one from a little boy years old $25.00, a dear white hair- ed old lady, age 80, $10.00, and she explained, “when I saw that a little boy ¢4 years old had sent money it made me realize we could all be young again. is worth more to me than any amount of money | could bestow.” PECULIAR PRESENTS. Various persons have various ideas of remembering their friends, but one of the most unusual we ever heard of is what and Queen Mary are royal subjects in India have King George size of footballs, Each one is partial- Iv boiled and is in an woeden box, The number of stomach that one thousand puddings will pro- duce cannot be estimated, but no one familiar with plum pudding will doubt that there will be stomach ache in the land of Indian whepn the king and queen distribuie their gifts individual aches Peculiar gift, this is, and it is strange that such and article thought of for a remembrance, but maybe the king and queen wanted to be remembered after the pudding is eaten. They will 1w Pensacola Journal. was ‘ Delicacy Known to the Ancients, | The raised meat pies, s0 dear to the beart of the Englishman, and the no less Jelicious deep pies, made in pas- try-lined bowls, were well known to Apicius, and he eveu gives explicit leaving a hole in the upper crust tiarough which the | team muay escape | | ‘ rearess and improvemer!: foarm the order of the day in Lakeiana. if are. icome and get in the push whei | Cross Pharmacy and Lake Pharmacy, ! Nicholas Girl.| ure by dropping us a card, or letter, | All donations of toys may be| attend to H \We want all donations! ‘ 'R. G. some That realization ! taking to their’ One thousand plum puddings the! the | 45 Seconds from the New Depot.” the children’s tun, When at last the hour for partiug came, cach and every one expressed as having spent a most de- lighttul and enjoyable evening; and| 1wy unanimonsly that himsel? conceded Our Mid-Season Reduction dal Is Now In Full Blast the supper was the best they had ! oV en. It was the writer's! ) Hirst iksgiving Day in Florida | and in after yvears whey other mem- ories fade this evening will stand { forth as a green oasis in a barren des- ert, and the genial host and his fair Hady will forgotten, In} the words of Rip Van Winkle “May they live long and prosper.” Those never he present at the festal hoard lwere: Mr. and Mrs. R, P, Owens and family, Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Stuart and family, Mr. and Mrs, P. And Money Saving Prices prevail in every department — \ov your opportunity to buy Dry Goeds, Dress Goods, Silk: Skirts, Sweaters, Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Extra Pants, Boys P Notions, etc.—Everything, in fact, in the way of wint We have not space to enumerate our many and marvelod gains, but will say, come and see, and you will be satisfic: Sale Lasts Fifteen Days. Don't Let This Opportuniny Pass You By matter of fact it was less than seven! J w CI I IL E S klhulrs behind time and that was un-I . . [ pre to the truth ror| (& railroad man to come in a case ot‘ [the Kind. One time, considerably back nearver the flood than now, the writer was waiting for a train at a1, station of the old F. R. & N, later| Ythe F.Co & Poand now the Seaboard | The train, was as usual behind time | W. FISKE JOHNSON Ermissis|REAL ESTATE him just an hour, and the \\'ri(-t'!‘ L o A N s N E G o T I A T E D ‘didn‘l Kuow auy better than to half- | way believe him. - An hour and a| fhalt later, not seeing any train, h“; repeated his quers . Adams and family, Mr, and Mrs. Henderson and Mr. Richard { O'Hara. H t i ale THE TRUTHFUL RAILROADER AND THE MERCIFUL MAN The young men in charge of the passenger station are an unusually truthful set of railroaders. Sunday. when No. 10 was held up' for half a day by a wreck near Tam- | pa. they admitted, the first dash out | entedly close and received the BUYS AND SELLS REAL ESTATE. ORANGE o e o (same answer. This kept up all th. ECIAL fafterncon, and about dark the head- - e e !light of the train, six hours late,| jrame into sight about three miles! faway. “See here,” said the writer “will you kindly tell me why in Hal- ifax you didn’t tell me this blank- dashed train was a week late in the first place?” “Well," said the! agent, 1 am like the merciful man.” “You most certainly any merciful man 1 eve . and while that slightly accelerated fun- loral procession creeps over the nex: {two miles, 1 would like for you to ipru\'v vour claim to the similarity l"\\‘ell. the mercitul man had a dog, and to be in the fashion decided to cut his tail off. But he was so ten- derhearted that he couldn't bear to hurt the dog so much as to cut it all off at once. so hie cut a little bit ev- ery day till it attained the pron-~ | shortness.”—Ocala Star ROOM 7. - - - ol - Rayn T —— e —— ——— = —GO TO— CENTRAL PHARMACY Hand Bags, Toilet Scts, Fine Cancic- Christmas Stationery, Holly Boxes sizes, Holly Wrapping Paper. Tags ar* Cards. all sizes. Lots of things ! Christmas. See Our Line before oth - 39— B Read The Daily Icleflffl disresemble ( —— ‘ Five acres make a pretty good farm ! in Florida and often vield larger re- turns than 100 to 200 aecres in other States,