Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, December 14, 1911, Page 6

NOTICE OF ELECTION ' Irish woman to keep the house—but she doesn't understand much about the little chap, I'm afraid—" “You're ever so good,” sald Ann. “And I'll do my best. What's the ! boy’s name?" “Archibald,” lied George content- 2 ANN, 2 Father’sHelper By JANE OSBORNE A Special Election is hereby called | in and for the City of Lakeland. State of Florida, to be held on tho' 30th day of December, A. D, 1911, edly. fer the purpese of submitting to the! George made his plans carefully. | tualified voters of the City of Lake- Ie could rely upon Patsy; the child’s land the question of issuing Munie- | vocabulary included only a few words | ipal Bonds for the purpcse of con-| :ix'nd Le was Lt.ot:ll); incapable of carry- ,‘ structing a system of Sewerage, pm-I ig on any Ki ine Ty Q 2 Magoon \.A‘as na ll;ttlc:nr‘lllf;‘?"?i?!.flcl:m. i “‘.F f 'T‘“N:[s put ‘.si.de\\alks. anil: it afier Geothe Sud. exoliinse lhati‘lm".l.llg l‘uhli(' Buildings, including hd hadiarransed.tomaye Patay absorb':' Fire Station, Jail and enlarging a litle education and refinement | 'M¢ City Hall. Said Election to bej every morning and offered to rent | neld and certified in accordance with ‘.n“lx'l:;p:::?mtlt‘m i i A t.he boy for a dollar a week, that the Ordinance of the City of Lake- be. “It's fust the sc;n : >ule;. e valuable child's grandmother gave in i land providing for the holding and e of g p and promised to say “never a word t0 | cortifying of general Electi - | ooking for where I can finish | yh04y " She consoled herself with JINE WIGRPREES L h R. A. M. No this story I'm writing.” the assurance that, though doubtless!'ppt a8 provide by Ordinence pum- L ight in | ' One September day George estab-{ out of Lis mind. Mr. Walton was| F 152 calling said Bonding Elec-| 24 meets the first Thursday night in Jished himself in the Gray bunga-| pevertheless xem.le‘ ;and Ha inlens ili(m, each month in Masonic Hallb.. Visit- low on the outskirts of Bredon. He| As for gossiping neighbors, George"' Thrée Bond Trustees shall be|ing companions welcomed. c G 4‘;9u51q:red himself lucky.' The house | 4iq not have any as yet, and he vowed E Jected at said Election, who shall | \rendell, secretary; J. L. Love, H. P. st;':xsl ‘ma;l"‘l"fl ; l{le. didn’t knowi 8| that he would continue not to have ompose a Board of Public Works. B & il relae ‘ A T S8 f 3 ghly One morning a couple of months Mayor of the City of Lakeland. housekecper in the person of middle- () ater Ann b ! aged Mrs, Bridget Magoon, who had | ptudy urst suddenly into Georses: kept his bachelor apartments in town | «Qp A\r. Walton,” she cried, “do | and whose only drawback was her | come her. Little Archibald has just | motherless grandson, Patsy Leary,|jearned a word. “I've been trying to aged two and a half years. teach it to him for ever so long, but | | On the morning after his arrival [ you know he's a little backward about | AN Ordinunce providing for the| (;-]cor-ge wufi dwelling on his many | ¢a)king.” i alling and holding of an Election | g essings when his r.everios were in- “Thank goodness he is,” muttered n and for the City of Lakeland, for | errupted by a quick rap on the| george to himself as he followed the b purpose of voting i {ypd third Thursdays. (. F. Kenu- irean doba ATetiootad (oE e he purpose of voting on the question ! loor. He looked up to girl to the living room, where Patsy ¢ i.cuinz? Municip: | © 'yedy, Council Commancder, Mrs, Sal- voung girl-perhaps just past twenty f issuinz” Municipal Bonds by the b TUIR BT A it | i HANEE Wit BlA Up sol0iets. BRe | iy of [akotand, and for the elec. | lic Scipper, Guardian of Circle, omfortable, substantial looking | got down beside him on the floor. S higeaidie S sort of girl, with fresh color, warm | «archibald, dear,” she said, “say '°" of three stees for said Bond | 4 brown o).'es and a definite way of the word Miss Anne taught you. S¥uc, and the disbursement of the doing things. George could tell that | There's a good boy— " | unds derived from the sale of said | by the way she put one firm brown | Archibald Walton, alias Patsy | hfl‘f’d on the kflOb,.?f the door. [ Leary, looked up. His blue eyes were | ) “May I come in?" she asked. “Isn’t | gyjjeless as he Msped his first distinct this the Gray bungalow?” word: Assuring her that it was, George| «ppyj] at bit." he said with convie- (Copyright, 1913, by Associated Literary Press) | When George Walton's friend Juvl;‘r . [J Gray said he had been transferred | from New York to San Francisco, | i Lakeland Lodge No, 91 F. & A. M. meets in Masonic Hall every Second | .d Fourth Monday nights. A cor- dial invitation to visiting brethren. | (. G. Arendell, secretary; J. L. Love, W, M. and that he was worrying about what to do with the little home he had bought at Bredon, a nearby town that boasted a small college, George had * ¥ ¥ Palm Chapter, 0. E. S. meets every second and fourth Thursday nights of each month. C. G. Arendell, sec- retary; Mrs. Pike Adair, W. M. * ORDINANCE NUMBER 132. | * % .akeland Camp No. 78, W. 0. W, qects every second and fourth Thurs- v night. Wecodmen Circle first ] * .LO.O.F | Mects every Friday 1.t at 7:30 at I, 0. 0. F. Hall ,corner Main and Visiting brothers (-ar-i J. Q. FRENCH, ! Noble Grand. I londs. IT ORDAINED BY THIE COUN- CITY OF LAKE- | ¢l OF THE LAND: Tennessee, dially invited. stumbled over a chair in his hurry to | ¢jon, Section 1. That an Election iz L epen the door. He begged her to e Ann looked at George with fright- | oreby called in and for the City of seated and after she had composed | ened eyes. The corners of his mouth L 5 g K. OF P. herself comfortably in one of the| . ! akeland, in the State of Florida, y were twitching, but he sald soberly: Regular meeting every Tuesday wide wicker chairs, he sat down op-| «I¢ must have been hard to teach | °F the purpose of voting for or| % " posite her. him that.” \gainst the issuc of Municipal |2t 7:30 at 0dd Fellows Hall, Visit- “You're just the person I want to| «Qh" cried Ann, standing by him, | londs by the City of Lakeland, for ing members always welcome. 'F. D. BRYAN, Chancellor Commander. A. M. JACKSON, Secretary. see,” she sald, and George felt flat-|«r gidn't.” There were tears in her tered. “You see, I'm Miss Stace, Ann | yojce. “I taught him to say ‘daddy,’ Stat. And I'm visiting my brother, | and I thought you'd be so pleased.” Walter Stace. 1 came for only a feW | «QOn, I say,” he sald uncomfortably. weeks, but he wants me to stay the | Ann, already miserable, felt that winter. You know, brother's an In- | gomething was wrong. structor at the college, and like all| «See here, Miss Stace,” he sald, the rest of them he's as poor as & |after a moment's hesitation; “things church mouse. S0 I told him 1]are in a mess, and I don’t see how I wouldn't stay . unless I could earn | ever can get out of it. But this non- enough money to take care of my-|gense has gone on long enough. You *gelf. I'm not a bit clever, and I don'’t | gee, when I first saw you, I knew I know how to teach or do anything. | wanted you—" But the other day I had an idea. Just then a stalwardt young man “I hate to play cards and I love to | with freckles and yellow hair, and take care of children—that’s just the | with murder in his clear blue eyes, oprosite of most of the women about | stalked into the room from the direc- here. There's a card club at least | tion of the kitchen. In his wake was once a week—and card parties in be- | the frightened Mrs. Magoon. tween and trips to town for shop-| “What's this I hear, Mr. Walton, ping and the matinee And all the | about me son Patsy?” he demanded. girls who are married to faculty peo-| Ann turned pale; George turned ple get thelr husbands to take care | red; Mrs. Magoon began to wring her of their children afternoons when | hands—and Patsy threw himself rap- they want to have a good time. 8o 1] turously on the speaker. ,in the City of Lakeland, and who thought I'd bz not mother's helper,| “Daddy! Daddy!" he screamed. love paid taxes thereon for the last —— exactly but—a father's helper. And hearing himself thus addressed ycar for which taxes were due, shall| Clerk—A. B. Ferguson, Bartow. he following amounts and purposes: Seventy-five Thousand Dollars $75,000.00) for the purpose of utting in, constructing and operat- ng a system of Sewerage in the Ity of ‘Lakeland. Orange Blossom Div. No. 499, Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,-1G, 1, A, to B. of L. E. meets every {100.00) for the purpose of paving|gecond and fourth Wednesdays of Streets and Sidewalks in the City|goach month at 2:30 p. m. Visiting of Lakeland. Sisters always welcome, Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,- MRS. J. C. BROWN Sec'y. 000.00) for the purpose of erecting MRS. J. L. PADRICK, Pres. Public Buildings, including Fire > Station and Jail, and enlarging City Hall, for the use of the City of Lake- Lk month at C. E. Dayton's, South Ten- ~ See. Only resident Electors, | poggee, J. R. TALLEY, Adjt. who are otherwise qualified to vote Bl in the General Election of the City of l.akeland, who own real estate with- OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. County Officers. Ll G.IL A toB.of L E G A R Meets first Saturday in every * Ann ended her recital breathless | for the first time, Patsy's father, gath- |, (ualified to vote in said Election Supt. Public Instruction—T. B. and laughing. ering the child in his arms, decided | =~ . et KiFY, Bartow “Isn’t it a jolly idea?” she went on. | that perhaps after all the treatment | Sce. 8. Notice of said Election | Kirk, Bartow. “And it lsn't a bit expensive for you | he had been daily subjected to hadn't shall be given by the Mayor for| Sherift—John lLogan. Bartow. fathers. Club afternoons I entertain | harmed him, and retreated with the : thirty (30) days, next preceding County Judge—W. S. Preston, the children for fifteen cents aplece— | hysterical Mrs. Magoon to the | said Klection, by publishing the | Bartow. in Tax Collector--J. H. Lancaster, to | Bartow. Tax Collector tow. Treasurer and call for and dellver them, too. | kitchen. !same in a newspaper published For a quarter aplece I take them on “The jig's up, Ann," sald George ', . ity of Lakeland, according other days—private treatment, you | Walton. “You see what Idid 1 : ; know, and 1 have to charge more, for | rented that youngster so that I'd have there ain't so many children those |an excuse to keep you near me. From days. the first I wanted you.” “Walter's wife knows Mrs. Gray— | Ann’s cheeks were pink agaln. not very well, but they belong to the | “Perhaps,” she sald, “you could same club. So she sent me over to | keep me without an excuse.” see you, I thought maybe you'd be DISCOVERS ODD FRYING PAN one of my customers.” law, -F. M. Lanier, Bar- ‘ See. 4. The Ballots to be used at !said Klection shall be drawn so that ‘(‘arh voter can vote for or against ‘each Bond issue proposed. Sec. There shall be elected at gaid Election three Bond Trustees, J. T. Harmon, Bartow. | County Commissioners.—E. S| Whidden, Ch'm., Mulberry; A. | Lewis, Bartow; R. F. Langford, Ft.| Meade; J. E. Bryant, Kathleen; T‘I F. Holbrook, Lakeland. For the first time Ann stopped \\.'hu s-lmll compose the Board of lt\ll)- School Board—R. W. Hancock, long cnough to let George explain. | pi ceum Curator Finds Plate That lie \\urks.‘ and who shall negotiate Chem., Fort Meade; W. 4. J. Whid- She looked at him appealingly from Marked Tomb of King Louls ; the sale of said Bonds, according to den, Bartow; J. A, Cox, Lakeland: XIV. in Restaurant. the Charter of the City of Lakeland, _ cand receive the funds derived from One day M. Sommerand, curator of | caid sale, and who shall have power the Cluny Museum at Paris, France, | {o contract for the construction of went into a small restaurant In the | ). jpprovements for which said suburb of Saint Denys, a restaurant of the kind where the dining room 'her soft brown eyes. “But I'm not Mr. Gray,” said George, with real regret. “I'm Jjust Mr. Walton. The Grays have gone unexpectedly to California, and I've taken their bungalow. You see, [ write stories.” T. B. Kirk, Secretary, Bartow, State Senator—D. H. Sloan, Lake- land. Members of House Bartow; Fortner, AL Pierce. Angle, Geo City Officers. honds were issued, and disburse the funds derived from sale of same. “Oh, I'm so sorry,” apologized | and the kitchen are one and the same Ann. I must have seemed 80|yoom. While walting to be served his Kach of said Bond Trustees so| Mayor- Jno. F. Cox. stupid. I really beg your pardon.” eye was caught by a frying pan of an | golocted shall give bond in a sum to Marshal — W, H. Tillis Clerk and Treasurer—H. L. Swatts City Attornty — Epps Tucker, Jr. City Council—W. 8. Irwin, R. L. Mayes, G. E. Southard, W. H. Pugh, George was casting about for an excuse to detain the charming Ann, when Patsy ran into the room. He He took it down, rubbed off some had bright blue eyes and bright yel- | o¢ the soot with which it was covered low hair. His face was pink and|gnd made out part of an inscriptjon. unusual shape which was hanging on ;hc fixed and approved by the City the wall | Council, payable to the City of Lake- land, conditioned for the faithful performance of their duty. freckled and his baby lips emiled [ 1o the surprise of the hostess he of-| Sec. 6. Said Election shall belJ. M. Keen. H. D. Bassett, 0. M. bewitchingly as he ran confidently | fered to buy the old pan, an offer she | alicd and held, and the returns| Eaton. up to George. Joytully accepted, doubtless thinking |,pareof certified in the same manner State Officers. “Oh, but after all,” said Ann, when | her customer somewhat mad. she saw the boy, “maybe you do want ‘When the copper plate was properly me. len't he a dear!” cleaned it was found 4hat it bore the “Isn't he, now?” saild George with [arms of France and Navarre sur fervor, as an idea for seeing more | rounded by the chain of S. Louls and of Ann came into his head. the cord of the Order of the Saint «And Mrs. Walton does play cards, | Esprit and the tollowing inscription: 1 suppose?” questioned Ann. «Here lies the magnificent Prince, “Why—you see—" blundered | King Louis XIV., King of France and George, “Mrs. Walton's not here.” of Navarre. Requiescat in pace.” “Oh'” Ann's monosyllable was| It was evidently the plate which comprehensive. The scene before | had been attached to the coffin of her became a tragedy. She mnoted | Louis XIV., and when the vaults of the absence of a button on George's | the Bourbons at Saint Denys were coat—the apparent embarrassment | rified by the populace in 1783 it bad | giic passed by the City Council of| Supt. of Public Instruction—Wm. of the big man who was trying to fill | been carried off, fitted with a handle tier's place to the small boy nd turned into a frying pan. It is ’Lakalznd. on the 28th day of No-|M. Holloway. Tallahassee a motuer e — | al . - 3 9 . . e the child's gleeful ignorance of the | now in the Cluny Museum; the handle | vember A. D, 1911 Rallroad Commissioners—R. Hud- whole situation. Mentally Ann | has been removed, but the three holes H. L. SWATTS, son Burr, 1ha‘ir|nan. A\e'uon y A dubbed the mother heartless, a brute. | remain showing where it was attach- City Clerk. Blitch, Royal C. Dunn. W. C. Yon, “Then you do want me sometimes. | ed. 20th day of | Secretary. Al communications don’t you?" she sald finally. I should be addressed to Tallahassee. know 1 could help you make the boy President of the Senate—Fred P. happy.” Cone, Lake City. Before she went George made ar- rangements for her to come every morning at 10 to take the cherub Patsy for two hours. “I'd rather not have the boy with other children,” Lost Their Form, he said homestly. “But it yowll just | First Student (at football game)— keep him here at the house—while I | Why don’t they use the V formatioa? try to write a bit—it would belp me | Second Student—They lost their Vs ever 8o much. I've got a very good | on last week's game.—Judge. as other Elections. Governor—A. W. Gilchrist, Sec. 7. All Ordinances or parts|hassee. of Ordinances in conflict with the Secretary of State-——H. Clay Craw- provisions of this Ordinance be and| ford, Tallahassee. the sage are hereby repealed. Comptroller—A. Sec. 8. This Ordinance shall take| hassee. cffect immediately upon its passage Treasurer and approval by the Mayor. sece. Attorney-General—Park M. Tram- mell, Tallahassee. 1 hereby certify that the forego-| (Commissioner of Asgriculture—B. ing Ordinance, number 132, was|g McLin, Tallahasee. . Croom, Talla- W. V. Knot. Tallahas- Approved by me this ! November A. D. 1911 JOHN F. COX. Navor. ———— The Place to Be. | hear the head of that multimil- \lonaire trust was hung in efigy. “Oh, where?” “On his parlor wall.” Cain the Jester. To Brighten Brass Bed. Cain had returned from the fields | Gum shellac dissolved in alcohal alone. “Where is your brother Abel?” makes a thin varnish, which should be asked Adam. “Oh,” replied Cain, care- applied with a small brush. Ten Jesslike, “Abe has become a charter | cents’ worth of shellac is enough. Add member of the Can’t Come Back club.” |8ls0 enough alcohol to make it thin he established a reputs | This will lacquer a brass bed, and the Ithl as the village jester. work can be done ir less than an heur. | | | | | [ 'OHLINGER & ALFIEL] Bargains and Bargains Only! Offered By Opposite New Depot NO. 134 —Great bargain in a five-room house, all plastereg newly papered throughout. City water, two porches, 1w, afi’;fl places. Three $3,500 houses on same block. Price $1.000 };&-;. terms. ) e NO. 122.—House of six rooms and hall, newly plasteicq 100x140, set to grapefruit and oranges. Fine lake view location, and a very desirable piecz of property. $2.40) this, $1,600 cash, balance as reut. NO. 139—TFinely finished eight-room residence, halls and ta:h 5 plastered. Fitted for hot and cold water, electric lights, 1| phone, ete. Geod front on lake. Desirable location. Pr:f:%g‘-;(;i on easy terms. . 4 NO. 6.—Tenacres good farming and trucking land, all (leareg and fenced ,with six-room house. This cannot be beaten .an\'- where at $800. Four acres fine strawberry land near by, cleareq and fenced, can be had with the above for $1100 for the 14 aores NO. 35.—15 acres good land, with four acre bearing buided grove, on railroad. A bargain at $3,000. NO. 39.—Five acres large bearing Citrus Grove, with fin e Lot Good buys Bungalow fully furnished, about 300 yards to station. A ‘:i place and a money maker. 10 acres in all. Price $4.200 : We also make a specialty of large tracts of land for oo tion, timber and turpentine purposes, and always have so: geod on hand, OHLINGER & ALFIELD $15.00 MAKE ME PROVE IT What? That 1 am selling Men's Suits for $15, actually worth $22.50 to $30.00. Look all around, then come to my shop and LOOK. You'll be the judge. You'll wonder how I do it. Lakeland’s Leading Clothing Store THE HUB JOS. LeVAY Proprietor. 5P R EO N RSN ER I i ) 3 e XS, N~ £ oy Yr, =) TN s NN S, Tt E Loy i iope, relieve feverish conditons 3 of yetem an it doem’t come back. We know Mwfid:e hiole‘:‘::{}ed‘md and we'll retura your money. Per box, 25¢- VAAANY WWWW Clough Shoe Co. ..NOTHING BUT SHOES... We sell at regular prices and give a discos™ 5 per cent. 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