Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, January 1, 1912, Page 4

i e e PAGE FOUR. The Evening Ielcoram Published every afternoon from the Kentucky Building, Lakeland, Fla. Entered in the postoffice at Lake- land, Florida, as mail matter of the second class, M. F. HETHERINGTON, EDITOR. A. J. HOLWORTHY Business and Circulation Manager. \l lh( RIPTION RATES: One year Six months .. Ti months vered anywhere within the limits of the City of Lakeland for 10 cents a week, From the same oflice is issued Till: LAKELAND NEWS a weekly newspaper giving a re-| sume of loval matters, crop condi- ticns, county affairs, ete, Sent anywhere for §1.00 per year, e ——————— T — FIGHTING THE SYSTEM NOT THE INDIVIDUAL. Lt LIS The Punta Gorda Journal, whose cditor is extremely sensitive to any- thing that savors in the slightest of criticism of Gov. Gilchrist, takes ex- ception to a paragraph printed in this paper to 'he effect that if the Governor were to spend some time incognito in the State convict camps be would possibly revise his estimate of their attractiveness and his opin- fon as to the fine treatment accorded the convicts, Editor Jordan wishes the editor of The Telegram to make a tour of the convict camps, visiting them incognito, and to write up what he might see on such a trip of in- spection, He offers to contribute to a fund to pay the expense of such an investigation. This is certainly a very fair prop- osition, and the editor of The Tele- gram regrets that he is unable to act upon it, for he would like to be convinced by personal observation that humane treatment is the rule in the conviet camps of Florida. There have been so many distressing stories of abuse and inhumanity, and they have come from so many different sources, that it is difficult to believe that there is no foundation of truth back of any of them, The mistake Editor others make is in when the convict lease system s criticised there is an intention to re- flect upon the administration. This is certainly not the case, so far as this paper is concerned. Our fight is not against any individual, or in- dividuals, but against the system, which we believe to be utterly wrong, and which we will continue to fight until it is abolished. \We do not think it will be necessary to carry on the war many years longer. The sentiment of this State has under- gone a radical change in the past few years, and if a vote were taken today on the question as to whether the convicts should be leased or put to work on the public highways, the latter proposition would carry over- whelmingly. Here is the erux of the whole mat- Jordan and ter: It is not so much a question; of how the system is applied, but the contention is that the system is wrong. You can't make wrong right by any method of applying it. You can’t argue that saloons are the thing, because they are fitted with fancy fixtures. You wouldn't defend immoral houses because of the giit in the furnishings. And so, we hold that, even if every claim of humant administration were admitted, there is yet no justification for a system of slavery in which the State becomes party to a traffic in human misery, and allows a financial consideration to be dominant in the disposition of its wards, Let it be admitted that there are no abuses— the fact remains that the opportunity for abuses is present and that the temptation to practice such abuses is tenfold more great where convicts are worked for the sole purpose of gain than wher: the State takes direct charge of the convict, performing the functions for which it is responsible, and which ivT', e ag has no moral raht to delegate - o \re von satistied with your 1 during the past vear? Do you|'' hat Lakeland s 2rowinz o longer a sleepy, litd B some 1 step in precedence « you in the busi- ness community? Those are questions for you to pouder at the beginning ot a uew year, Mr. Morchant. supposing that | ]1dm‘: try 1 THESE WORDS TELL ALL. We have reached a high plane of liv ng when we can realize the great beauty of the little things. The simplest words in our lang- uage mean the most. There is rare- iy an emotion that cannot be ex- pressed in words of four letters. All the bitterness, the unchar tableness, the cruelty, the brutality of the world, are compressed in the word Hate. All the happiness, the tenderness, the joy of living, are contained im the little monosyliable Love. The future would be meaningless it we had not Hope to guide us to it. Agonizing sorrow is only a part of the Pain that shrivels up our very hearts and leaves us Cold and Dead, even while we scem alive, About no word can linger the sweet memories that come when some | e mentions Home, The great panacea of all— Work fills our lives with sun and substance, i a very simple word to express so much. e glad that the real things, the things worth while, are those which each of us can have and know. The Babe, the Girl, the Wife, the Home, the great Hope, the deep Pain, the Hate that burns, and the bliss of Love—what are these but Life?— Selected. ! . THE EDITOR. Allegorically speaking, the editor is a happy medium between a soupbone and a porterhouse steak. Nobody ever saw a rich editor, and on the other hand no one ever encountered an editor who didn't head every sub- scription paper in circulation with a donation of four bits and a stub pen. The editor is said to belong to the fourth estate because that is the only kind he ever leaves. He is also one of the most cheerful overworked pre- varicators now passing a legal ten- der. He has to be whenever a girl with a face like a cream puff marries a youth who never earned a dime outside of the shooting gallery. The cditor has to paint the bride as a radiant vision ot blushing beauty and the groom as one of our rising young business men, or else disappoint an fexpectant cirele of delinquent sub- sceribers. 1 the editor fails to spread a two-column obituary over the death of a prominent citizen who never ! paid a grocery bill outside of the jus- tice court, he is liable to be waited on by some two-fisted relative of the deceased with an injured ald and a punch in either hand. It has been libelously reported that the editor's diet is confined mainly to sight drafts and summer squash taken on sub- scription, but he appears to be as re- Lakeland Lodge No, 91 F, & A. M. meets in Masonic Hall every Second and Fourth Monday nights, A cor- dial invitation to visiting brethren. C. G. Arendell, secretary; J. L. Love, W. M. * 5 = Lakeland Chapter, R. A. M. No 29 meets the first Thursday night in each month in Masonic Hall, Visit ing companions welcomed. C. Arendell, secretary; J. L. Love, 1. T Sl Palm Chapter, 0. E. S. meets every second and fourth Thursday nights of each month at 7:30 p. m. Mrs. Flora Keen, W, M., Lucie F. B Eaton, Secy. * * @ Lakeland Camp No. 78, W. 0. W, meets every second and fourth Thurs- day night. Woodmen Circle first and third Thursdays. C. F. Ken- nedy, Council Commander, Mrs, Sal- lie Scipper, Guardian of Circle. L - L] 1.L0.O. F. . Meets every Friday night at 7:30 at J. 0. 0. F. Hall ,corner Main and Tennessee. Visiting brothers cor- dially invited. J. Q. FRENCH, Noble Grand. @ L) . KOER - ' Regular meeting every Tuesday at 7:30 at 0dd Fellows Hall, Visit- ing members always welcome. F. D. BRYAN, Chancellor Commander. A. M. JACKSON, Secretary, LI I ) G.L A toB of L E Orange Blossom Div. No. 499, G. 1. A. to B. of L. E. meets every (second and fourth Wednesdays of each month at 2:30 p. m. Visitine Sisters always welcome, MRS. J. C. BROWN Sec’y Mrs, J. B, HOGAN, Pres *® * * G. A R Meets first Saturday in every month at C. E. Dayton's, South T:n- nessee. J. R. TALLEY, Adjt. signed to his lot as & man whose wife | g has gone to the scashore, and the only thing that can cause him to change his occupation is a sheriff's sale or an untimely death. Few edi-|§ tors go to the case nowadays and set up their editorials in long primer with a 3-point lead. Modern machin- ery does everything but meet the pay |{ roll and pay the hired girl. The edi- tor is the most cultured person in the community. He is the only man in the village who can tell “Barriers Burned Away” from “Grant's Mem- ories” and get away with it, and as a result he outranks the principal of the high school as a literateur. Se- lected., In no other vocation is falsehood dealt with more relentlessly than in the army and navy. In ninety-nine cases out of every hundred, a con- viction on the charge of lying means the offender’s expulsion from the ser- vice. The governing principle seems to be thant a soldier or sailor who proves false to the truth might also prove false to his country. Inthe navy there are more than 50,000 of- ficers and men. Among that entire number there were only two convic- tions on the charge of lying during the last fiscal year, and both offend- ers were discharged from the service under conditions which forbid their return. truthfulness, every one will acknow- ledge | 1f yom are aware that a boy under of twenty-one is smoking 5, do you owe it to society source from whicl offin nail? This is as orically Of conrsq s man or a societ t possibly "l:’ the Do yon Heme Defined. Home is a gic word, we sel- e Polish gir! | cent? | A ple iv 'md wl bou\' comes hor there and then eas! A pretty good record for| These things must be closed out at! once at almost you;' own price. 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SWEET TONE, HIGHEST CLASS WORKMANSHIP, ARTISTIC NEW DESIGN CASES, MADE ESPECIALLY TO STAND IN DAMP CLIMATES. GREAT REDUCTIONS, $150, $200 TO $250. The Firm Behind the Piano Means Some- thing---The Oldest in the South, the StronGest Financially. OUR PIANOS ARE BOUGHT IN SUCH ENORMOUS QUANTITIES THAT WE CAN SELL AT WHAT OTHERS HAVE TO PAY. 41 YEARS IN THE TRADE IN THE HOME FIELD, THE SOUTH. NOTICE THE HIGH GRADE STOCK: CHICKERING, ESTEY, MATHUSHEK, VOSE, LESTER. STORY AND CLARK also PACKARD, BRUSTER, STAR, AND RICHMOND WHY BUY nox COMMISSION AGENTS OR CONSIGNMENT DEAL- ERS, WHO ARE COMPELLED TO DEMAND YOUR MONEY THE DAY IT'S DUE OR TAKE BACK YOUR PIANO. A FEW SECOND-HAND PIANOS, PRICE, $150, $200— ARGAINS —FULLY GUARANTEED. ! ik ANOUNT OF EXTRA WORK AND ALL OF THE ABOVE PIANOS ARE OFFERED AT GREAT REDUCTIONS RANGING FROM $75, $150, $200 TO $250 OLD INSTRUMENTS TAKEN IN EXCHANGE. PIANO PLAYLR- !ND PLAYTR PIANOS. 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