Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, December 29, 1911, Page 4

PAGE FOUR. The Evening Telegram Published every afternoon from the Kentucky Building, Lakeland, Fla. Butered in the postoflice at Lake- Jamd, Florida, as mail matter of the seoond class. M. F. HETHERINGTON, EDITOR. A. J. HOLWORTHY Business and Circulation Manager. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: @®ne year Six months Three months Pelivered anywhere within the Nimits of the City of Lakeland for 10 cents a week, From the same office is issued THE LAKELAND NEWS a weckly newspaper giving a re- sume of local matters, crop condi-, tions, county affairs, etc. Sent anywhere for $1.00 per year. TOMORROW'S BONDING ELECTION The election tomorrow for the, purpose of deciding the propo sition 1o issue bonds in the sum of $150,000 for a sewerage sys- tem, paved streets, and improv- ed public buildings, 1s the most important event, perhaps, in the history of Lakeland. If the proposition is yoted on favorably it will be, indeed. a tit rounding out of a year of extraordinary progress, on the part of this city. along all lines. The sewerage bonds are gen- erally admitted to be the most important, and there scems to be no cause whatever to doubt that they will carry by an over- whelming majority. The city has reached apoint inits growth where seweiage 1s an absolute and immediate nccessity. The health 0f this community. which has been its greatest asset and proudest boast, demands this improvement. The sewerage proposition undoubtedly will carry, as it should. Of scarcely less mmportance to the city's growth and progress is the proposition of paved streets. More than by any other feature, a city is judged by its streets. Their condition is the first thing that impresses itself on the traveler or visitor, and the impression thus made may win or lose many citizens. Moe over, permanent street building is an actual economy, though the first expense is considerable. There has been sufficient monev expended in a few vears in re- pairs on streets embraced in the bond proposition, than would have been required to pave them, With paved streets these heavy repair expenses will be stopped, Some information along the line of the cost of street construc- sion will be found in Mayor Cox’'s article on the tirst page of to- day’s paper, and & perusal of this article is recommended. The building bonds are also important, and those who have a proper faithin Lakeland’s future will vote for the issue in its en- tirety. The baliot to be voted tomor- row is printed in the column adjoin- ing for the intormation of the voters A\l The Miami Metropolis had a long article purporting to be the life of Peter the Groat, but there wasn't a thing in it about Red Top Rye. There s only one Peter the Great, and he resides in Tampa. Some of the newspapers seem de- termined to defeat Claude L Engle for Congressman-at-large, no matter what tactics may be required to ac- complish their end. They're even (hargzing him now with being pretty. We hope the report will not obtain cro1 credence as will neces- making a personu Siote to disprove it such o sitate Cland trip over the { vestment have yon ever heard of than land? With all the brizlt futare that Florida pr.--l sents at the present time, what I‘M-! ter Iard do you know of than Flor-| ida land? B« get in on the grmmd‘ floor and ¥y with your pencil out the nercertaze that has resulted | from intelligent land purchases and get what you can of ths Florida land for it will never be as cheap again as it is at the present time. Lakeland-Auburndale Herald. . SCANDALOUS. Have various county superintend- ents in Florida been receiving bribes tor issuing teachers' certificates to incompetent negroes? 1t would seem so, if we are to believe the al- legations of one W. T. Young, a neg- ro, who was sentenced last weck by Judge Whitney, of the DeSoto circuit court, to two and a half years im- prisonment for attempting to bribe Superintendent W. B. Hare to issue teachers’ certificates to persons who had not taken and passed the exami- nation which the law requires. In the court report given by the Arcadia News, it is said that Young claimed to have been bribing county superintendents for the past six years to sell him teachers’ certificates, which he would resell throughout the state. In that time, he had paid one superintendent $2,000 and in one year he himselt had made $2,000, The price paid the superin- tendents ranged from $25 for third grade up to $40 and, $45 for first grade certificates, These were sign- «d and sealed in due form by thej s and were good for se- guilty oflic curing employment for the hold :~:~“ in auy county. The holders of these bought vv'.'-; Lficates were never placed in they county in which they were issuned, but in some neighboring county, This, was done to prevent the fraud tfrom Leing detected, Now, if this negro's statements are true, and they certainly have the ap- pearance of heing so, there are a tew county school superintendents in Florida who ought to be in *he peni-! tentiary instead or their official posi- tions. The fact of being bribed iz scandalous enough, but bribed by a negro for or $50 is simply hein- ous. And a school official at that! A man who by all reason should be an exemplar of strictest probity. An investigation should be made ard these guilty oflicials discovered and punished. If this negro Young can and will give the names of the offenders together with those of the teachers who bought certificates from him, it will be an easy matter to as- certain whether his allegations are true or not. At any rate, an earnest; effort should be made to discover the truth and publish it; and if Young's statements are found true, the guilty officials should be promptly exposed and punished, 1t is too seandalous to have a low- Lribe taken in charge of the moral and educational interests of the child- ren of any county. It should be said that but for the high character and inflexible integri- ty of DeSoto's superintendent, this negro Young might huve gone on plying his nefarious b siness for several years to come. —Puita Gorda Herald. Sample Ballot Election December 30, 1911, A, D, of the City of lakeland, Fla. Make a cross mark (X) before the word “Yes” or “No,” and the names of your ehoice of candidates. # $75,000 Bonds for purpose of install- ing a Sewcrage System in the City of Lakeland, Florida. $75,000 Bonds for purpose of install- ing a Sewerage System in the City of Lakeland, Florida. $60,000 Bonds for the purposc of pav- ing streets and avenues in the City of Lakeland, Florida Civissnen)-TOB ‘90“;'00";00'DOOWWWOOOO“-OCOOOOOG-2*2"‘."‘.-“ = $60,000 Bonds for the purpose of pav- ing streets and avenues in the City of Lakeland, Florida $15,000 Bonds fer the purpose of Erecting and improving Public Buildings in the City of Lakeland, Florida. $15,000 Bonds for the purpose of Erecting and improving Public | Buildings in the City of Lakeland, | Florida. Vote for Three For Bond Trustees: | 1. D. BASSETT. C. G. MEMMINGER. G. B. MURRELL. THE EVENING TELEGRAM LAK ELAND, FLA., DECEMBER 29, 1911 THE TRUTH ABOUT FLORIDA. In connection with an indictment ' handed down last week by the Fed-' c¢ral Grand Jury at Jacksonville against the Florida Home Land Co. for fraudulent misrepresentation, the Sanford Herald, among other things.j has the following to say: “There are only a few real \'eleta-l ble sections in the State of Florida where a man can make good on five acres of land and unless they can show you the actual results thcl scheme is a fake and the man who' perpetrates the fraud should b handed over to the police like any | other malefactor who puts his ha.nd‘ in your pocket and takes your mon- ey. There is no State in the Union | that is so rich in promise for the| homesecker as Florida and because o!% this fact our fair state has become the | stamping ground for all the gold? brick men of the universe. This fact | should not deter the man from mak-l ing investments, for we are only em- | crging from the chrysalis of boom | methods and getting into the light' of safe and sane methods of land selling. Our state will suffer put the real facts will not hurt the legiti- mate real estate dealer or the real tarming sections, although it will have a tendency to depress the sell- ing and make more timorous the dol- lar of the homesecker who should ‘I':m- invested at first hand in a sec- | tion where stuff will really grow. and the titles are clear, This i cleaning up day for Flor- ida and the Louse will be in better shape to receive visitors after the dirt has been brushed away., It is almost nniversally recognized | thut the highest, most beautiful re-| lations between the sexes s that | which exists when a man and a wom- | an joyfully remain faithful to one | another all their lives. Such a bond | makes them lovers, helpmates, mm-‘: rades. It is the hest possible dvslin)" for hoth. [t gives woman an :1:'.sur<-ql‘\ position, an honored place in the community. It endows her with a sense of responsibility, The man's character is subtly influenced by that of his wife. Her tenderness soothes him in weariness and her devotion cheers in disappointment. Pensaco- ia Journal. Daily Thought, There is no greater philanthropist fn the country than the working man who shares his loaf of bread with his neighborhood.—-Mr. Will Crooks. DOLOOOOOVVCOOOVOOOOOOVONCC {RED CROSS PHARMACY Hand Bags China Cut Glass T L e L s Brushes and Combs These things must be closed out at once at almost your own price. COMEANDSEE RED CRGSS . PHARMACY 1 QOO SPECIAL Piano dale The Greatest Event in the His- tory of Piano Selling in this Country. LUDDEN & BATES Two carloads of the biggest Piano Bargains ever offered. Read every wordofthis! & = & & The stock on exhibit for this special sale consists of Pianos as follows: One Lot of Pianos OF THE LEADING MAKES, MADE ESPECIALLY FOR DISPLAY AT THE GREAT EXHIBITIONS. HERE THE HIGHEST ART OF THE PIANO MAKER IS DISPLAYED IN TONE, QUALITY, PERFECT WORK- MANSHIP AND BEAUTIFUL CASE DESIGN. ALSO THE SELECTION 0F THE CHOICEST WO0ODS. MANY OF THESE PIANOS WOULD BRING NEARLY DOUELE OUR SALE PRICES. REGARDLESS OF THE GREAT AMOUNT OF EXTRA WORK AND SPECIAL MATERIAL, We have cut and slashed the prices UNTIL THE WORLD'S GREATEST PIANOS CAN BE BOUGHT AT ABOUT THE PRICE OF THE CHEAP GRDES. THESE ARE TRULY WONDERFUL BARGAINS, AT YOUR OWN TERMS. Another Lot of New Pianos From the Factory to your Home. A COLLECTION OF SAMPLE PIANOS, NOT OUR REGULAR STOCK— HOWEVER, THEY ARE ALL HIGH-GRADE, BEAUTIFUL, SOFT. SWEET TONE, HIGHEST CLASS WORKMANSHIP, ARTISTIC NEW DESIGN CASES, MADE ESPECIALLY TO STAND IN DAMP CLIMATES GREAT REDUCTIONS, $150, $200 TO $250. Still Another Lot WE GET DOWN WITHIN RCACH OF ALL AND MAKE YOU SMILE. A FINE SELECTION OF PARTLY PAID FOR PIANOS, REPOS- SESSED. THE OTHER FELLOW NAS PAID A PART OF THE PRICL ALL SLIGHTLY WORN PARTS ARE REFLACED BY NEW. THEY ARE IN PERILCT CONDITION--NOT SCRATCHED OR DINGY VAR- NISH., THEY WOULD PASS FOR N2V, FRESH STOCK. ALL FULLY GUARANTEED. SOME, REGULAR PRICE, $300, SALE PRICE $130 GTHERS, REGULAR PRICE, $400, SALE PRICE, $200. A SELECTION OF HIGH-GRADE INSTRUMENTS. MAKE YOUR OWN TERMS. ALL OF THE ABOVE PIANOS ARE OFFERED AT GREAT REDUCTIONS RANGING FROM $75. $150, $200 TO $250 OLD INSTRUMENTS TAKEN IN EXCHANGE. PIANO PLAYERS AND PLAYER PIANOS. Piano Concerts Afternoons and Evenings LUDDEN & BATES Drane Building Lakeland Main St.