Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, December 20, 1911, Page 1

Published ih }Be éest Town in IWELVE PAGES voL. 1 BERRIES BEGIN 10 MOVE SIIPMENTS OF_ STRAWBERRIES 0W BEING MADE FROM IS SECTION. st strawberries of the sea- ~ave this section were ship- : night, and from now on ship- w11 zo forward regularly, Gai- 1d Kathleen shipped several . the shipment from Gal- ng to Philadelphia and tileen to New York. » the first strawberries to \ for the Northern mar- 1 bring any where from a0 per quart. The out- v gratifyinfi for a fine I good prices. The growers in next Tuesday and hipments will go forward | tree times a week for a e until daily shipments be- k. N. Y., Dec. 19.—Butter are selling here at the high- s in the last ten years. Kggs ¢ torty-four to fifty-six cents (o and forty to seventy-five '« retail, while the price of butter «om thirty-eight to forty lolesale and from forty to .vuts retail. Reports from the PLANT A TREE AND CLEAN UP YOUR YARD. Lakeland is making a record growth this year and it has been the policy of your mayor to appeal to the civie pride of the citizens in matters that affected the healthfulness and beauty of the town, rather than to use more drastic measures as laid down in the ordinances. 1 know that this policy does not please certain people who want everybody carried into police court for infractions of the Sanitary laws, except “me and my wife, my son, John and his wife,” but I believe that better results may be obtained by appeals of this na- ture, Now, that you will be good enough to yourself and to the public general- ly to plant at least one shade tree and to clean up your vacant lots and premises and put everything in tidy shape between now and January 1. Thanking you in advance, | am With the compliments of the sea- Very sincerely, JOHN F. COX, Mayor. son, SNOW:FALLING AT ATLANTA TODAY (By Associated Press.) Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 20-—Snow fell here this morning, the second of the season. The fall was very light and soon turned to rain. sections indicate still within the month. threatened cold largely re- mg s prices contend aislation is ARIN CHARGED WITH SETTING McCOY FIRE Alleged Fort McCoy Drug Store Burned for Ipsurance. Ocaln, Fla., Dec. 19.—C. P. Akin riested at Fort MeCoy last 1. charged with setting fire to Mooy drug store, which was ! there yesterday. Akin Is an .« of the drug store and it is that the fire was set to col- wrance, 1t is rumored that ests may follow. NOTICE—F. & A. MASONS! will be a regular meeting kelind Lodge No. 91 on Mon- uing December 25 and Wed- 27th (St. John's Day), tion and installation of of- St. John's Day. Al Bretheren are earnestly re- «1 10 be present at both meet- rder W, M, €. G, ARENDELL, Secy. Memminger with Mrs. Mem- motored to the city from « at Lakeland yesterday in ¢ Packard touring car and ! at the DeSoto. They are v on a combined business pping tour. Mr. Memminger ! the largest phosphate oper- south Florida.-—Tampa =om, 8. (., Dec. 19.—Charged murder of “Doc” Welborn, < mountaineer, on the night “omber 28, 1910, H. V. Hol- «f of police of Townsville, wlbright, an assistant, and Sears and James Baldwin «d in the county jail here Sears and Baldwin, it is toitected in an attempt Welborn. EDISONIA. the feature is “‘Sebastian,” f the time of Nero and the Martyrs. Very fin. and re to please; others = 2o0d of their class. torzet the benefit Thurs- for the Christmas tree ture, BAND CONCERT. At the regular business meeting Monday night of the Lakeland Ciu- zens Band the following program was adopted: Mr. Spear of the Star theatre, requested the use of the band for Thursday night of this week and agreed to give band a cer- taln percentage of all moneys taken in, The band accepted the proposi- tion and will give a first-class con- cert on that night and as the charges will be onlyi and 10 cents the same as usual, the house should be filled. The band is very much in need of all the money they can make as they have to raise $225.00 within the next sixty days to pay for their new uniforms. FORMER TAMPA MAYOR IS DEAD Tampa, Dec. 20.— F. A, Solomon- son, three times mayor of Tampa, and a leading citizen ever since he came here twenty-seven years ago, died at his home, Hyde Park avenue and Boy street, at 6 o'clock yesterday morning. Mr. Solomonson had been suffering with tuberculosis for the last three years and more acutely re- cently, not having been outiside his own house for many weeks befors his death. In his death the city suf- fers the loss of one of its pioneers and promoters and one whose place it will be hard to fill. MORSE SLIGHTLY IMPROVED. The con- the for- slightly Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 19 dition of Charles W. Mo mer New York banker, improved this morning, ac ording to information given out by army of- ficers at Fort McPherson, where he is undergoing treatment. The fact that the military surgeon’s report on his condition has been forwarded to Washington and the hope that the President will parole him within the next few days are thought to havel, been partly responsible for his rally. FORMER LAKELAND PHYSI- CIAN SUES FOR $1,036.50. Jacksonviiie, Dec. 29.-—The Cir- cuit Court, all srday and part of today was engaged in the trial of the case of Dr. . S. Lowry against Rev. Geo. L. Hanscom and David L. Thrasher, executors of the l&st wil! ‘and testament of Emma Brown Dodd. | deceased. The Doctor sued for a bal- ance due of $1,036.50 for profession- al services rendered to deceased in 1908-9, having previously received yes The proceeds Thursday night tirned over to the 8. Nich- I to buy presents for the * who will not be remembered ¢4 Claus. The music is being <T¥ much at this place of “It. Miss Mary Cobb, a tal- anist and Mr. Tauber, violin- tdering splendid selections $180. The defendants allege they were never so indebted to complain- ant, nor did they agree to pay the bill as alleged by plaintiff. Dr. Low- ry was given today $465.46 and in- terest from January 3, 1910. Hard- wicn & Jennings and Eugene Hare are attorneys for the plaintiff. and George C. Bedell and D. H. Doig for the defendants. LAKELAND, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1911 STATISTICS OF KING COTTON CENSUS FIGURES SHOW 1911 CROP TO BE RECORD BREAKER. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 20.—The Cen- sus Bureau's report of cotton gin- ning for the seventh period of the season, from December 1 to 12 in- clusive, issued at 10 a. m, today shows the number of running bales ginned to the latter date from the great record-breaking cotton crop grown in 1911, with comparative ginning statistics to the corres- ponding date of last year and the former record years of 1904 and 1908, as follows: United States, bales, compared with 10,69] bales last year, when 92.5 per cent, of the en- entire crop was ginned prior to De- cember 13; 11,904,269 bales in 1908, when 91 pe rceent. was ginned and 1L971,477 bales in 1904, when 8% per cent wa nned. Round bales included were .93,- 294, compared with 106,486 bales last year, 140,024 bales in 1909 and 215,059 Dbales in 1908, Sea Island cotton bales included were 99,436, compared with 75,228 bales last year, 85,177 bales in 1909, and 80,316 bales in 1908, The distribution of Sea island cot- ton is as follow: Florida 35,686; Georgia, 58,948 South Carolina, 4,482, FRANK BRAND DIES SUDDENLY IN CHIPLEY. Chipley, Fla.,, Dec, 19.—Frank Brand, who closed a deal with L. W, Crow Saturday for a saw mill near Campbellton and was to take pos- session on Monday, died Sunday morning at 8 o'clock in the office of the Chipley Hotel of heart failure. He had interests in Mississippi and Virginia, YATES' SLAYER INDICTED BY GRAND JURY. -Lee Armistead, who shot and fatally wounded night-watchmap Robert Yates, of Plant City, was vesterday indicted for murder in the first de- gree by the grand jury, which has been in sion for the past several days. His trial will place within a day or two. Tampa, Dec. 20, the negro take UNION COAL MINERS TO AID BRICEVILLE NEEDY Knoxville, Tenn., Dec. 19.—John F. Browden, president of District No. 19, United Mine Workers of Ameri- ca,today announced that the national organization will contribute $1,000 to the relief fund of Briceville mine disaster sufferers. The ('ross Mountain mine at Brice- ville, in which the fatal explosicn ec- curred on December 9th, non- unfon mine. is a CHICAGO HAS BAD FIRE; $200,000 DAMAGES. Chicago, Dec. 20.—Nearly 1,000 guests were routed in a panic here yesterday by a fire which totally des- troyed the Open Board of Trad: building, a five-story landmark at South LaSalle street. Within fifteen minutes after the first alarm was sounded at 2:30 o'clock, the flames had the building at their mercy. The roof fell in a few minutes after the arrival of the first fire companies. Tirce furnace stokers who were in the basement are missing and it is not known if they are safe Fire Chief Seyferlicl. ~<timated the total loss at $200,00 His only comment as to the causc was that there would be a rigid i vestigation, hinting that the fire m= have beéh of incendiary origin. Within the bullding many labor unions had their headquarters. The books and records of many of these ave said to have been destroyed. The fire was one of the most spec- tacular seen in auwntown Chicago in months. Flames leaped moce than 200 feet into the air and fire brands were carried for blocks by the wind. An hour after it started the fire was under control. the Bés; Pari of the Best State. THESE DON'T WANT ELECTION THOSE WHO SIGNED PETITION AGAINST ROAD BOND- ING ELECTION. To the Honorable Board of Coun- ty Commissioners of Polk County, Florida: We, the undersigned citi tax-pagyers of Polk county, composed Sub-Tax District, do pray your hon- orable body to consider this counter Petition against the petition that was presented at your November weeting which asked for district bonds of $ L000 for public roads and refuse to grant the election, Re- spectfully submitted. A, B, Bates, J. R, Sloan, . N. Sutton, G. M. Banks, Oliver Robertson, 1. L. Akins, J. A. Brown, . M. Futch, 1. A, Sutton, . P, Combee, J. W, Lanier, . W. Bates, Fred Brown, Hicks, S. B. Acre, . E. Hicks, . Acre, J.J. Hall, . G. Brown,, I. Heap, . M. Weeks, . P, Costine, /. R. Zoucks, Zebedon, .J. Taylor, J. . Zebedon, L. Mackey, . W. Tyson, i 'J Sutton, § George, . A. Rhodes, Jr ) .J. Connor, " .V. VanHuss, 5. A. Moody, H. T. Orville, . L. Pipkin, K. C. Milton, Y. T Wilder, Jesse Keen, . (. Deeson, J. A. Ellerbee, D, Carney, John M. Combee, rren Oliff, . A. Combee, Geo. Bates, A W, Combee, S .8, Tyner, . W. Combee, J. A, Walker, 1. F. Brown, J. J| Smith, Frank Stephens, Isham Walker, Samuel Combee, J. J. Keen, George W. Ritter L. T. Keen, T. €. Lewis, L. ¢, Riles, H. J. Hennessey, W. H. Tyner Elisha Combee, Q. A. Keen, Combee, . 1. Miller, {, Futeh, . Miller, Clifford, . L. Miller, . Keen, A Brown, . Chestnutt, B. King, . Robertson, P King, . Ellerbee, . L. Ritter, . Barhite, . 1L King. 1. Reynolds, . Ottinger, Nathan Walker, . B King, L. H. Thornhill, . A. Pipkin, (. L. Thornhill, . J. Melvin, N. Thornhill, 4. M. Keen, N. Connor, Lee Combee, J. D. Richardson, B. Griffin, Frank Norton. P. Y. Hall, 8. T. Reynolds, G. L. Futch, W. H. Chestnut, W. Bennett W. F. Reynolds, J. P. Skinner, W. ¢, McClelland, €. ¢, Clark, Sutton . M. Keen, ns and Jesse Bascom S. Good lands are like some other things you know and buyers pick out the better tracts first. Hadn™ you better be one ofs the first? GROUCHY NEWSBOY LEFT $30,000 TO BOYS' HOME. ('hi-;aun, Dec. 19 George Bon- nett, died wealthy because life ended thirty-five Chicago's oldest “newsboy,” the one ro- mance of hi years ago, when he was poor. Bonnett's death came a few days ago at the age of 70 years, and aftes he had accumulated a fortune of more than $30.000 by selling new papers and relentlessly saving his pennies. A love affair at Wooster, O., three and a half decades ago caused him to abandon that town the daf after his sweetheart's father had told her that sne cou. + marry a poor man like Bonnett. There and then, according ® his half brother, C. M. Lovett, who ar- rived in Chicago last mnight from Wooster, Bonnett declared that he would accumulate a fortune, and he vowed at the same time that no other woman would ever help him enjoy it. Bonnett lived in a room for whica he paid $3 a month, and ate where he could get his meals cheapest. When he died none of his relations could be found. He had signified to W. G. Austin, a business man, his in- tention of leaving his money to the neweboys’ home. He had also told him the story of Lis love affair. Bonnett left no will so iar as known. FIRE DESTROYS THREE STORES AT FORT MEADE. Fort Meade, Dec. 19, - Fire which started a little before 12 o'clock las night in the store of . Gaskins & Co., destroyed three frame store buildings and contents. J. P. ( ins & Company suffered a total loss of stock valued at four thoudand dol- lars and insured for twenty-seven hundred. Walter Scott, fancy goods, lost five’ thousand dollars, insured. Very little was saved., The buildings were owned by E. R, Childers, and were insured for thre thousand dollars, and valued at dou- ble that sum. The town chemical engine and bucket brigade succeed- ed in confining the fire to the start- ing point, otherwise the Southern Hotel and the largest part of the business block, beside adjoining re- sidences, would have been burned. WEATHER FORECAST. Tampa, Fla., Dee, 20, Oceasional light rains tonight and Thursday. (Signed) GEO. B. WURTZ, WESTERN UNION WIRES ARE DOWN About two o'clock this afternoon the wires of the Western Union, somewhere between here and Jack- Jacksonville, went down, and no ispatches have been received sinee time. This accounts for the partial absense of telegraphic news of world-wide importance in today's paper, though we have made use of all other sources of information, and the paper, as usual Is brim- ming over with live local and gen- eral news of interest, RESERVES ROOMS FOR DELEGATES. Chicago, Dec, 18,--Lafayette Gleason, member of the New York State Republican committee, arrived in Chicago last night and reserved sity-five rooms at a Michigan avenue hotel for delegates from his State to the Republican National Convention, which will open on June 6, SANE CHRISTMAS FOR ATLANTA. Atlanta, Dee, 19, mas for Atlanta is being agitated by the church people and leaders of the Federated Woman's elubs, Ap effort will be made to have less noise, less big fireworks, though the shooting of sky-rockets and of small fire crackers by the children will be countenanced as usual. A sane Christ- THESE ARE DEPENDENT. Knoxville, Dee, 19, list of dependents as a result of the Mountain mine explosion at sriceville on December 9, shows: Widows, fatherless children, 146, Total men and bhoys Killed, 84; resened alive 5 The mine was cleared of hodies to- The complete Cross day, two being ta THIEVES MADE BIG HAUL SOME TIME: LAST NIGHT. The Famous store on North Ken- tucky avenue was entered last night or early this morning and two suits of clothes, together with other ar- es were stolen. » proprietor has a very idea who are the guilty parties and wonld advise that they come and get the vests, which they left behind in the hurry of the get-away good JUDGE JOSEPH B. WALL IN CRITICAL CONDITION. B, Wall, Judge Joseph formerly presiding over the Sixth Judicial Cirenit was in an extremely eritical condtion at an carly hour this morn- ing and the statement made by at- tending physicians indicated that it was doubtful if he would live through the day. Judge Wall has been ill for several weeks but did not reach such a critical stage until re- cently, it having been reported that he was recovering. Judge Wall is one of the most widely known public men in Flor- ida, having hosts of friends and ad- mirers throughout the State who will join in hoping that he will survive. —Tampa Tribuze. THE LAKELAND EVENING TELEGRAM TWELVE PAGES No. 42 SOME LATE: CENSUS FIGURES SHOWING COLOR OF FOLKS IN OUR STATE AND COUNTY. (By Associated Press.) Washington, D. ¢, Dec, 201911, A preliminary statement of the population of by counties and principle cities, as showpy by the returns of the Thirteenth Decennial — Census, tuken as of April 15, 1910, was is- sued today by Director Durand of the Burcau of the Census, Department of Commerce and Labor. The sta- tisties were prepared under the diree- tion of William €. Hunt, chief sta- tistician for populaticn in the Cen- sus Burcau, and are subject to later revision. The total whites and Bro Florida, population of Florida in 1910 was subdivided as to color as follows: White, 443,646, negro, 308,669; all other persons (Indians, Chinese, Japanese, and other Asla- ties), 304, The equivalent figures for 1900 were: White, 297, : negro, 230,79 1 other, 474 1890 they White For BIEH negro 166,180; all other, . The negro population constituted 41 per cent. of the total population of the state in 1910, a8 against 43.79 per cent in 1900 and 125 per cent, in 1890, There has been an increase since 1900 in the negro population of 77,- $ per cent., as compared with an increase during the preced- ing decade of 64,550 or 38.8 per cem, From 1900 to 1910 the white popu- lation inereased at a much greater rate than for the decade 1890 to 1900, the increase being, respect- .2 per cent,, as .2 per cent, , or nville city tion in 1910 of 57 28,351 whites, 75 other persons (Indians, Chinese Japanese), The equivalent 1900 were: White, 12,- 158; negro, 16,236; all other, 356, For 1890 they were: White, 7,372; negro, 9,801; all other, 28, The negro population of ‘lm-kwn- ville constituted barely more than (3.8) of the total in 1910, as against 57.1 per cent in 1900 and 57 per cent in 1890, The rite of increase in the whites from 1900 to 1910 more than doubled that of the preceding decade, the increase being 16,173, or 133 per cent, as apFainst 4,786, or 64.9 per cent., from 1890 to 1900. The negro popula- tion shows an increase of 13,057, or 80.4 per cent,, from 1900 to 1910, as compared with an increase of 6,435, or 65.7 per cent., from 1890 to 1900, The white and negro population of Polk county in 1900 and given as follows: 1900, whites, 4 total, 12.472; 1910, w negros, 7,419; total, , comprising negroes, and and ligures for a0 per cent, negro 2,948; 16,7 BELR “GRAUSTARK" COMING HERE. The scenes in “Graustark,” George Barr McCutheeon’s romatic story of a love behind a throne lend them- selves to elaborate scenic embellish- ment and the producers, Messrs. Baker & Castle, have taken advan- tage of this fact, providing stage settings that are not only beautiful, but accurately represent scenes de- scribed in Mr. McCutchean's delight- ful story. This successful stage story with a cast of superlative ex- cellence will be one of the early at- tractions here TWO YEARS' DROUGHT BROKEN Oklahoma City, Okla.,, Dec. 19.— Snow is falling today all over the western half of Oklahoma and the drought of two years is broken. Some train schedules are said to have been disarranged. Rev. D. B. Sweat passed through Lakeland this morning enroute from Gainesville to his home in Arcadia. Dr. Syeat has ben elected editor of the Florida Christian Advocate, which is at present being published at Jacksonville. 2 WANTED—A man to write Indus- . trial Insurance. Address Box 407, City. 12-20-2t-p. 1910 1s, T e e P et 200