Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, January 3, 1912, Page 4

PAGE FOUR. The Evening Telegram Published every afternoon from the Kentucky Building, Lakeland, Fla. Entered in the postofice at Lake- land, Florida, as mail matter of the second class. M, F. HETHERINGTON, EDITOR. A. J. HOLWORTHY Business and Circulation Manager. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One year ....... ..$5.00 Six months ............ 2.50 Three months Delivered anywhere within the limits of the City of Lakeland for 10 cents a week, From the same office is issued THE LAKELAND NEWS & weekly newspaper giving & Te- sume of local matters, crop condi- tions, county affairs, etc. Sent snywhere for $1.00 per year. Ocala never misses a chance to claim anything and everything. She even insisted that snow fell there last week—the only spot in the State s0 favored. ————— —————— Editor Felkel, of the Pensacola News, has a lengthy and touching editorial in a recent issue of his paper, in defence of the mother-in- law. Havn't got ene yourself. have you, Herbert? (RS C—— The Ocala Star has a column and a half article on the question as to “where and how we shall have better water.” To us the answer seems ridiculously easy—move to Lakeland, which has the best water in the State, and the equal of any wader in any State. AT RS Tampa will inflict a $50 fine or twenty days in jail for selling or ex- ploding a toy pistol. A wise regula- tion, and one which will prevent loss of life and much suffering. The toy pistol can boast of nearly as many victims as the business kind, and should be generally prohibited. O Lakeland is getting much good advertising from the progressive ac- tion of her citizens in voting in favor of a bond issue of $150,000 for pub- lic improvements. All the State papers are commenting on the mat- ter, and whenever the name of a town is printed in a newspaper, in connection with favorable comment, it means enhancement of that town's reputation, and possibly new citizens for it. D As an instance of how the bond fssue was regarded by shrewd busi- ness men, The Telegram is acquaint- ed with one transaction in Wwhich $100 was paid on a certain piece of property, the purchaser to complete the deal in the event the election was favorable to bonds. In case of defeat of the bond proposition the purchaser agreed to forfeit the $100 and call the deal off. The bonds carried and the property changed hands. PR AN EDITOR AND A BOOZE AD. This paper does not carry liquor advertisements, but there is a cer- tain moral hidden in the experience given below of an editor who did, that some good people might take to heart. It is a fact that every newspaper man gives column after column to church and school, religious societies, etc., and never hears a word of ap- preciation or commendation therefor. On the other hand, if he steps over the line ever so little, the good breth- ren and sisters are “up and coming.” We do not care so much for the latter, but the editor, when he sees that all his efforts are taken as a matter of course, and not worth mentioning, feels like singing, “If you love me. tell me so.” Editor Bliss of the Hillsborough (111.) News, recently was called to task because he inserted an adver- tisement for a ‘‘booze” palace in that city. Editor Bliss in the next issue of his paper answered the crities in the following style: He savs he confesses to the act: First, ded the money, | and he got fifte < a line for bhecanuse he THE EVENING TELEGRAM LAK ELAND, FLA., JANUARY 3, 1912. THE DETECTIVE WAS NOT A W. J. BURNS. Recently a detective was sent to a neighboring town for the purpose of detecting who it was that was boot- legging whiskey. After walking about the place for a short time the sleuth saw a negro walking along the street. “Say, do you know where I could get a little whiskey?” asked the de- tective, stopping the negro, who was carrying a shoe box under his arm. *Boss don't you know this is a dry town and it is mighty hard to get hquor? But 1 guess you could get a drop or so, but it will cost like emoke. It will cost you two dollars.a quart.” “l dom’t care anything about the cost, what I want is whisky. Here are Your two dollare. Now, get me the whiskey.” “Boss, you just hold this box and wait until 1 come back,” said the darkey, as he handed the box to the detective, and darted around the cor- ner. The detective was sure that he had made a good catch the first attempt. He wainted for an hour, but the negro did not return. Finally, after two hours waliting, he thought of the box he was holding and opened it. There was his quart of whiskey. The sleuth was not a Burns' detective. PROGRESSIVE LAKELAND. The enterprising little city of lakeland took a fresh hold on the better things Saturday, when it cele- brated the passing of the old year by ratifying a bond issue of $150,000 for public improvements. The bond issue was carried by an overwhelming vote of the people. Of the total amount to be issued, $75,- 000 will be for a newerage system, $60,000 for street improvements and $15,000 for public buildings. The propositions were voted upon separa- tely and the pepole evidenly are more desirous of a sewerage system than any other item of improvement, as the vote on that proposition was six to one. Able and reputable citizens have been selected as bond trustees and we may expect to see Lakeland get the full benefit of the expenditures they make, It seems a decided step for our enterprising neighbor.— Tampa Tribune. JOHN G, INGALL'S EULOGY ON GRASS. “‘Grass is the forgiveness of nature —her constant venediction. Fields trampled with battle, saturated with blood, torn with the ruts of cannon, grow green again with grass, and carnage is forgotten. Streets aband- oned by traffic become grass grown like rural lanes, and obliterated. Forests decay, harvests perish, flowers vanish but grass is immortal. Belea- guered by the severe heat of winter it withdraws into the impregnable fortresses of ots subterranean vital- ity and emerges upon the first solici- tation of spring. Sown by the winds, by the wandering birds, propagated by the subtle horticulture of the ele- ments which are the minist:rs and servants with which it softens the rude outline of the world. Its tenac- joons fibres hold the carth in its place and precent the soluble components from washing into the wasting sea. It invades the solitudes of the des- erts, climbs the inaccessible slopes and forbidding pinacles of the moun- tain,, modifies climate and determines the history, character and destiny of nations. Unobstructive and patient, it has an immortal vigor and aggres- sion, Banished from the thorough- fare and the field it bides its time to return and when vigilance is relax- ed, or the dynasty has perished, it silently resumes the throne from which it has been expelled, but which it never abdicates. It bears no blaz- onry of bloom to charm the senses with fagrance or splendor, but its homely hue is more enchanting than the lily or the rose. It yields no fruit in earth or air, and yet, should its harvest fail for a single year. famine would depopulate the world.” SOME CURIOUS BLUNDERS. Some vears ago the blunder tting a American « mma Second, 1 lesired to ascertaim il brothers ¢ | 1try editor isn sust be “holy.” undefiled. separate from sinners spotted from the world. and keep himsell un- thelUnit- 4 | his will] Tof i fi a jarze money to hi two 1ephews !ceive two hundred thousand francs | begin it well and serenelr, Bach expected 10 Te-| pioh g spirit to be cumbered by the | but the executors said they wete en- titled to only one hundred thousand. The nephews pointed to a sentence in the will which read like this: “A chacun deux cent mille francs,” meaning, “To such two hundred thousand francs,” but the executors pointed to a small apostrophe be- tween the d and the eux of deux (two), thus making the sentence read: “A chacun d'eux cent mille francs,” which means “To each of them a hundred thousand francs.” The executors, however, had to pay the nephews two hundred thousand francs each, the law court having decided that the mark was a tiny smudge and not an apostrophe.— Children’s Encyclopedia. A BOY WHO WANTED T0 . ENOW HOW HANGING FEELS Dr. Breaker, of Kissimmee tells the Kissimmee Valley-Gazette the following story, which we reproduce because it illustrates the thirst for investigation which is part of the average boy's being: One night when I was a small boy, I was kneeling at my mother's side, repeating my evening prayer, pre- paratory to reurln;'(or the night, and had gotten about half thmough, when | was suddenly s Aby a terrific report. I forgot all about the prayer, and exclamed: ‘“That must have been a cannon.” (There was a small cannon on the muster ground nearby that was usually fired on the Fourth of July, and that is how I got the.idea.) My mother was try- ing to get me righted up on the prayer, when a man rushed into the house and said, “There is a man killed out there!” And sure enough, when the men went out, they found & poor old negro lying in the road hieeding to death. The negro was, or had been a faith- ful servant , who was allowed to car- ry on a sort of huckersting business on his own account, and was return- ing home with the result of his day's gatherings when he was beset by | same other negroes who wanted the money that he was supposed to have, and foully murdered him. { A judicial investigation proved the facts and pointed out the murderers. | They were sentenced to be hung nnu, in due time were executed, | My mother allowed me to go and see the hanging, which occurred near where we lived. Well, you know the same thing will often affect different persons very differently. 1 saw sev- eral young men rush away as if they were almost ready to faint when the drop fell and we heard the crack of the neck of the first one. The second man was tall and due allowance was not made for his lebgth, so that his neck was not broken and the dirt had to be digged from beneath him and let him choke to death. There was a general scattering. | was taken away. | remember my impressions perfectly, Never thought of the ter- ribleness of being launched into eter- nity in a moment, but I had an irres- isible desire to know how hanging felt. So, as soon as 1 could, 1 ar- ranged to try it. In the back yard was a tree with a convenient limb, and a box under it. [ got a strong cord and, climbing upon the box I tied one end to the limb and the other around my neck, and stepped cff! As you will readily suppose, 1 was quickly convinced. 1 hastily climbed back on the box, unfastened the rope, and never told anybody of my experiment. But I will tell you one thing: If you ever hear that I have been hanged you may know that 1 was crazy when 1 did it—or that | never did it.—Dr. Breaker. Longevity of the Earth. That the age of primitive man In France runs back at least two hun- dred thousand years has been satis tactorily proved by Lyell and other geologists, who showed that it has taken at least this long for the rivers to wear away their beds below the caves where they once flowed. Not Profanity. The word “dam” is the name of & i emall coin used in India and of very small value, and is also the name giv- en by tinkers to a small wad of paper | put into a hole in tinware when mend- | ing it for the purpose of preventing the solder f'un running throvgh. Roth mean of little value, the ex- pression re x’l\ means “l don’t care the valve of a dam.” What a “Twister” Look to the Future. Finish every day and be ¢ it. Yon have dor t Some blunders 1t ies doubt crept in: T b as soon fs yvou can, tomorrt is the new day; with too | past.—Emerson. ! e T———— - SPECIAL Plano dale The Greatest Event in the His- tory of Piano Selling in this Country. 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