Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, December 18, 1911, Page 1

THE LAKELAND EVENING TELEGRAM ']‘“'ELVE PAGE% Pubhshed in the Best Town in the Best Part of the Best State. TWELVE IPA( ;]'}; ot * LAKELAND, FLORIDA, MONUAY, DECEMBER 18, 1911, NO. 40 PINER SUES FOR DIVORCE §RSTWHILE LAKELAND MINIS. 7ER FILES DIVORCE PROCEED- INGS IN TAMPA TODAY. Fla.. Dec, 18.—A matter -able interest both in this | thiroughout the State .tran- re today when W. K. Piner, .ntly pastor of the Methodist . Lukeland, but who has 1o this city to engage in o of law, filed divorce pro- < against his wife in the ongh county court, toly after the papers were were withdrawn from ¢ it is not knewn exactly mds are stated. It is un- however, that Mrs. Piner arium in Kentucky, and hi there for several years. s ir< ago, when Mr, Piner was sor of the First Methodist 1 this city, Mrs. Piner was ident, living here with him, § well remembered by ple of Tampa. She has not Florida, however, for the or five years, M Piner was noted as one of the it ministers in the Flor- ence, but at the conclu- ar's ministry in Lake- ided to give up the pul- ROBERT YATES DIES. 'Is Victim of Negro Desperado at tead, a negro, six weeks ago, died to lay from the effects of the injuries stained at that time. Several days ago it was decided to perform an operation, as Mr. Yates' condition was becoming alarming. The operation was entirely succ ful, but the patient was in such a state that he could not survive the shock. Mr. Yuates was shot by Lee Armis- tead, who resisted” arrest whep he hed at the union station i suspicious character, was aphro as A GENEROUS ACT. Tampa, Dec. 18 Qne Florida oranges shipped Citrus Exchange will be auction, box by box, Knoxville, Tenn., and the entire proceeds used to relieve the suffering of victims carload of from the placed on in Plant Clty l Plant City, Dec. —llulwr:‘ Yates, who was shot by Lee Armis- | CHURCH, GAINESVILLE, CLOSING HOURS OF CONFERENCE APPOINTMENTS FOR YEAR PROB- ABLY MADE THIS AF- TERNOGON. J. R. CASON, P. E., J. E. JENKINS, PASTOR GAINESVILLE. DEC. 18, 4:45 P. APPOINTED PRESIDING ELDER OF BARTOW DISTRICT. AND J. C. | JENKINS, LATE OF FIRST M. E.| ' WILL BE PASTOR AT LAKELAND. Gainesville, Dee, 18- The Florida ference is closing up its work to- prior adjournment this eve- to of the recent mine d ter and the widows and orphans left by those whose lives were snuffed out. This car of fruit should bring a tidy sum for the purpose to which the proceeds will be devoted, as re- tail prices of oranges in that section can not be less than $5 to $6 a box. With ‘h an incentive to bidders, public-gpirited eitizens probably will run the boxes far above this figure. tor the bar, and formed a part- ip a few days ago with W. T. i+ the practice of 1aw in this REVIVAL AT BAPTIST CHURCH CLOSED LAST NIGHT 0 revival ag the First Baptist I losed yesterday morning. «i the intention of Dr. Now- (lose the meeting last night, count of the heavy down- “un, po services were held. Jval was a great success, new members having been the chureh roll, and the ondition of the church benefited. Dr. Nowlin's crmons brought many to witer way and all were thereby, FINE FOR CITRUS FRUITS. SILVER SERVICE IS PRESENTED OFFERING OF PEOPLE OF FLORI- DA GIVEN TO BATTLE. SHIP TODAY. (By Associated Press.) Pensacola, Fla., Dec. 18.—After a parade of the German-American I'lue Jackets, the regular troops and militiamen, the silver from the people of Florida was pre- sented to the battleship of that name the service today. A tablet to the memory of the late Senator Bryan and a loving cup, the latter from the Daughters of the Confederacy, were also pre- sented. The service twenty-five pieces, and cost consists of $10.000 i the Bartow Diutrict Oranges are Colonng Nleely Has heen Dec. 17.—The past fine on citrus fruit = engaged in that industry The cool nights i=ell the oranges and grape- lor nicely. Walker, manager of the Cit- ange, for Polk county, is tter the 15 packing houses He reports a brisk tand a good demand at fair hoth oranges and grape- crop is about 25 per cent The estimate about 4: this in grape- «n busy. lange, s county, e will be u the county o=t shortage is ason, TRAGEDY VICTIMS BURIED. » ), 000 | FROM BRICEVILLE MINE Briceville, Tenn., Dec. 17.--Res- cue parties at work in Cross Moun- tain mine today located twenty-on® additional dead bodies. This brings the total up to eighty-four dend aed five rescued. President Stephenson of the Khoxville Iron Company which operated the mine, expressed the be- lief tonight that this number ac- counted for every man who enter- ed the mine Saturday morning, one week ago. Fifty-nine women were ows and 147 children left fatherless as a result of the disaster. Of the eighty-four men killed, it was learn- «d today that only had his life insured | made wid- one 9 KILLED IN WRECK ONC.M.&SI.P. ALL BODIES RECOVERED i ning. It was thought that the ap- pointments would be annofnced this morning. but up until three o'clock this afternoon this part of the pro- gram had not been taken up and it will probably be tonight hefore they are made public Yesterday morning Dr. Hammill conducted the Sunday school of the Methodist church, and at the same hour the usual Conference love feast was held in the of the church, At the First Methodist chufch Bishop Hoss occupied the pulpit at the morning hour, after which a number of deacons and elders were ordained. At this church at three o'clock in the afternoon the memor- ial service was held, Dr. Ainsworth preaching the sermon. The Culpeppers are here familiar figures at every Conference, They ducting revivals country during the past year, the father doiug the preaching and the young man it charge of the night the elder Culpepper preached at the First Baptist church, With only the appointments left to make, the Sixty-eighth annual Conference goes on record as one o the most memorabie in the history of Florida Methodism. A large af sessment has been placed on the peo- any of the churches brought up very main body they are Annmnal! have been rnn-! throughout the singine, ast rin and all pastors h gratifying reports the The bright for cetablishment of an aviation prospects are school ai Orlando, and the citizens there are the Tampa is also to be visited by very enthusiastic over matter the men and Miami is planning for event wir such an LITTLE OF INTEREST IN CONGRESS TODAY Russian Matter Claimed Attention of Solons, to Exclusion of Other Matters. (By Associated Press.y Washington, D. €, Dec. 15 Out- side the Russian matter the business Bodies of MEn Killed in Fort n"" of Congress is of small interest to- Fight Interred, (By Associated Press) day. The House, after considering o Odessa 5 Minn Dec. 18.— Nine| minor bills adjourned. The Comt- thisee. lecSie DOCio persons “'.“” Killed iy a wreck on the | mittee o Steel Trust continued its Langf P John Drig- |70 3 " S W Releay anbe. N ‘I 0 Bnp SO ! Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul work. F. W. Kelsay, of Oranze, N. shot each other Thursday Ten persons were seriously hurt.|J., appeared before the Senate Com- ABelle, were brought here The second section of the passengei imittee on interstate commerce. He Lt and prepared for bur- n:nin ¢rashed into the first whinhl;mrn.mm( business troubles to the <tord’s body was embalmed | had unexpe tedly stopped | fabulous capitalization of corporas “d in u handsome casket TELL ""'"’ 1o his home at Ar- WOMEN TO S 5 OF DYNAMITE PLOTS GREAT REDUCTION IN ermen riggers was : " . | FASHIONABL:: #!LLINERY e Fort Myers cemetery | By sociated Presso = ¢ I3 fect apart. the two| et g ¢ 1 5 e« \'Iluirwl !))lot into each Indianapolls, fnd. D 2 "‘“ | Durlpg Christmas w ¥ Miss Nu- elle rfi; Thursday af-| Herrmann, bookkeepper and Grace ' . paston will make @ at reduc- f'Tizgt:rs s-‘.pirnd telore he stenographer. employed h."i tion in all of her millin. - and those r*moved from the street and | the International Association nrl who ne()l' fmlm"lj; ?‘a n:ul iy lied a few hours later Bridge and Structural Iron Work-| »‘;“ PR “““-"h -, ]"-‘ b n inki than to see her spleaq:i steck an 1 had bee king and. a n 4 was 2 a quarrel :e:i::d ,msehom oS, when Joln s MERR S note some of the ecepticnal values = F arrested, last April, were called be-| 0 .o oqorine To see will be to _ Doth secured shotguns, step- ‘o« distance and at the word d firing. Driggers was com- disenbowled, firing the sec- which caused Langford's + %hile lying on the ground. en were prominently -con- oty Pecteq, fore the Federal grand jury inves- tigating the alleged interstate dyna- miting conspiracy, to tell what they know, in the effort to ascertain who besides the McNamaras and Ortie McManigal are implictaed in the plot. buy for a large sum can be saved by taking advantage of her swecping re- duction. She also has a nice line of Christmas novelties, including col- lars, belts, side frills, etc, all of which would make very acceptable Christmas gifts. M.—(SPECIAL)—J. R. CASON I§;*© RUSSIAN TREATY ABROGATED ACTION TO THAT EFFECT WILL BE TAKEN BY SENATE | TODAY (By Associated Press.) Washington, D, ., Dec, 18, Be-| fore the end of today's session of the Senate, which is expected to last far into the evening it is expected thit the treaty of I8N32 hetween the United States and Russia will - be Russia’s | rogated as a result of tefusal to recoznize passports issuned o American citizens o Jewish faith | the | of ang before gallevies were pened, throng interesting debates, capitol I Sulzer House sons expecting hesieged the that the which bold- Iy declares Russia has erved, will he turned down for a substitute or be amended. The president Tavor abrogating the Wishes it is expected resolution is said to . treaty, but accomplished without to Russia. A cabinet meet- until midnight was held matter, wffrony ing to consider the \ detinite though unoflicial state- ment is that President will notify Rus of the abroga- tion of the treaty, and the Senate Committee of Foreign Relations is considering what form the notification will take: Two propositions lasting made Loday first, that abrozation be ordered in a joint res- olution, as proposed by the with objectionable features of are House the Sulzer resolution eliminated, and the second that the President should oflicially proclaim abrogation with the e's ratification, It was later offeially announced that the President had served no- tice of the abrogation st Friday. e Senate Committee then decided ¢ the House resolution in a modi- tied form. The action of try is declared to he differ the constra and that ECCL eairithle sen this coun- the have the reason based on ground of mees which tion of tor this that it arizen in treaty, shonld be terminated SPIRIT OF UNREST OBTAINS IN CUBA Dissatisfaction In Island Over Re- tention of Officials Opposed to Independence. (By Associated Press) Washington D, €., Dee, I8 Ac- cording to State Department infor- mation, there is feeling of great un- rest in Cuba as the tention in office of officials who orig- result of the inally opposed Cuban independence One taction is demanding the charge of all those thus dis who were opposed tron- 1o independence, cansing ble | YOUNG VANDERBILT WEDS ‘ MRS. S. H. McKIM Alfred Gwynne Hollins t Em jed at London. Dec 17 Vanderbilt Mrs. Smith MeKim, formerly Miss Marg erson, of Baltimore, ma Reigate at 1 o'clocl the bans having been announced in manner. The wedding trip and were this afternoon, the customary couple have gone on a motor DAM BREAKS THROUGH; $35,000 DAMAGES. Augusta, Dee. 17.—Heavy rains in this section Friday and Ga., urday so increased the headwater in Horse Creck Valley that the big dam { FROF. SHEATS AT GAINESVILLE. el the (By Asso ted Pre-s.) Shanghai, China. Dec. 185 Peace negotintions which may end the most widespread revolution in China of modern times weore opened to- day between the victorions revolu- <l tonist’ representative and the prem- ier DEPUTY SHERIFF MURDERED. Mangled Body Found on Railroad But Put there for Rlind. FAYETTEVILLE, N. ., Dee, 17 The badly mutilated body of Deputy Sheriff Bentin, of this county, was found today on the Atlantic Line railroad tracks at Wade, a tion twelve miles north of this place, A train had the body, but the physician’s examination dis- closed the fact that Bentin had been murdered and on the track to cover up the erime has zone o Wade with but up to a late hour Coast passed over his body then placed A posse bloedhounds, found ro elie had been Among the prominent arvivals in the city Friday was Hon W, N, Sheats, Ex-State Superintendont of Public Instruction, who is now mak- ing his home at Lakeland. Prof. Sheats w for many ye 1 resi- dent of nesville, and served Al- achua county several l<-|'|n..~' as coun- ty superintendent prior his clection to the State offi He is again a a candidate for State Super- intendent, Prof. Sheats is making headquar- ters at the Browy House during his stay in the and is being most cordially received by his many old riends iinesville Sun. SANFORD GETS TEN YEARS RELIGIOUS FANATIC WHO CAUSES SIX DEATHS GOES TO PEN. to city (By Associated Press.) Portland, Maine, Dec. I8 Ten yemrs in the Federal prison at At- lanta was the senfence imposed on Rev., Frank W, Sanford, leader of the “Holy Ghost and Us™ religious soct, for eansing the deaths of six peisons on o yacht which the society hadd chartered to take on a world pilgrimage He o refused to sap- ply sullicient food or to put into port wlhen conditions got unbearable, say- ing the Lord would care for them., TO HONOR DEAD SAILORS e 171 ident Taft is anxious that the bhodies of a number of the dead sailors found in the wreek of the Maine which soon north shall possihle Washington, are he dig- brought with all to be transported nity. The President has written o Meyer expressing if possible, the Havana vpon the another vessel fetter the hodies he o Secretary wish that, hronght from the large vessels of vaved by one of nuvy, con- LOW RATES ON. on all the railvoad been Reduced rates have announced Florida which will take 27th from State the annual Educational Associ Tor m o meeting Jacksonville December The place in to 20th, inclusive Lakeland is $5.90 PEACE SOON T0 REIGN IN CHINA rate of the Carolina Lizht and Powe: /1 ¢ WALKER APPOINTED Co.,, two miles fr Lan i SPECIAL AGENT OF A. C. L.| Aiken county could ne i the strain and last night at [ 1 Walker, who served as de puty | o'clock, broke through. The entire under Ex-Sheriff L. W nnell, ha dam and power plant was swept | been appointed special agent of the away, leaving only one large 'l.\'h:h\.\v!‘u.‘ ¢ Coast Line to succeed Chas mo standing. p ‘l'mkn.-'.u, who was recently appoint- | Engineer (. A Nipe, started on an | ed law nt of the road with hme: inspection of the dam a few min [quarters at Lakeland . utes before the break oocurred, and| Mr Walker, since leaving Gaines- noticed that the water was sweeping | ville, has served the town of Alachua down through at a point jusi above! very efficiently as marshal He is the power house. Before he could|regarded as a terror to «vil-doers get back to the power house the wa- ter had eaten its way ikrough and he barely escaped being carried away with the dam. The loss is over $35,000. cellent and will no doubt render e service to his newsemployers The appointment of Mr. Walker became effective Friday. —Gainesville Sun. FARMERS’ CLUB’S FINE MEETING LARGE ATTENDANCE AND PLEAS- ANT TIME ENJOYED ON SATURDAY. Club held a fine meeting Saturday at the home ot Mr. and Mrs. No H. Davis in the Hol- lingsworth neizhborhood, and all who The Farmers' attended are enthusiastic over the delighirul day spent with this hos- pitable couple, and the profitable weeting held About 10 o'clock the crowd be- 2an to gather and by noon there were over 100 members present. Mre, sentle- Davis showed the men over | Farm,” and all that this Hlineis man was making a grand success of farming in Flori the finest strawherries the local market Jast year those grown by Mr. Davis, and that he will make an equal i not greater suecess this year thap last is an as- woods voiee sentinen ay Some of brought were 1o sured fact. the table' being loaded with all man- the table being laoded with all man- ner of good things, which the large crowd hugely Arter din- ner the bus session was held. Owing to the absence of the Presi- dent, Judge W. 8. Preston, who was itl, Mrs. Mercer presided over the meeting. It being Ladies’” Day, a program especially of interest to them, carried ont. Several pa- 3 ¢ rend and Mrs. Brower and . D Allen interesting enjoyed, 1088 fuve talks, the former on the easicst way te launder clothes and the latter on how to make tomato butter, The gentlemey also entered into the dis- cussion and all felt that they had heen helped therehy The next meeting of the Club will be held at the home of Mrs, K. AL Blaine, op Lake Hollingsworth, which time the cultivation of irish potatoes and tomatoes will be dis- cnssed, “BETTER FARMING SPECIAL" COMPLETES ITINERARY Deeo 170 The “hetter completed its itin- Pensacola, farming special™ crary night at Cantonment, ar- riving in Pensacola about 6 p. m. The actual figures for the entive trip are last as follows: Total attendance . v AR Average daily attendance 1,171 Total number of days out ... 26 Number of stops on 1., & N... 21 The figures comparen very favora- Lly with similar institute work in other states at the present time and show up better than in many other s on the first tour The the with consider the consider; st breaking up of the train after l. & N done able regret, even though from the start has been of le denzth. A great many photographs have been takey at the different that will pleasant veminders of the good feel- ing that existed among the train ofticials and members of the univer- sity stafl trip on the wils tour places erve s STATE'S RECORDS BEING CLOSED e year 16 About this of the those depart- ments that have to make annual re- governor are very busy information for the Tallahasser, ason ports to the preparing the same, and closing up the records of the year's business in their offics, weh year the business of the State ows and these reports become ne The leg- added congidera- essarily more voluminon islature of this year ble departmental work arvd the sum- mer and fall have been busy seasons vith the cabinet officer Owing to the fact that many of the cabinet officers are very busy with their department work they will rot be able to zet off to attend the silver serviee ceremonies next Mon- day. Attoruey General Park Tram- mell will have to go to New Orleans next week to argue a case for the state in the United States circnit court and may stop over at Pensa- cola vither going or on his return. H. B. Carter, a popular gentleman of Lakeland, was in the city yester- day mingling with friends and tak- ing in the places of amusement along Franklin street.—Tampa Tribune. 3 [ | e (] ' o~ ) l | ' | | LI ' i ‘ [ | '