Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, January 16, 1912, Page 2

TAGE TWO When You Think ; of Think of L.F.H.Co. Lakeland Furniture & Hardware Co. '&fifl"i'##‘)‘:‘pv#Q‘;v L. M. Futch. J. H. Gentry. Gentry Undertaking Co. Successors to Angle Undertaking Co. EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS. 'Phones: day or night, 245. S. L. A. CLONTS DEALER IN Real [state CITY AND COUNTRY PROPERTY— SOME FINE BARGAINS. Office in Clonts’ Building. JUST A MINUTE!] A New Meat Market on Florida) Avenue Next Door to G. L, Gardnrr a grocery stor able to we have and meat furnish our custemers in good Floi- ica < of all Kinds Guick and prompt deiivery. CALL PHONE 67. opened up market and are and western meat STRAIN & RUTHERFORD Living for Others. There is light and sanity, safety and beauty iIn thinking, planning, working, ltving for others. It leads not to sin but away. It s a guide to peace, bealth and safety of the mind and the soul alike. RBut self-coddling, self- exaltation, self-interest run mad— that distortion of human pature is & potent lure to destruction It is of the very essence of crime.—FExchange. Purse With Money in a Cod. A housekeeper at Queenstown, Ire- land, constabulary barracks while cleaning a codfish about 30 pounds in welght discovered inside the fish a purse containing a number of silver coins of the reign of Queen Victoria. The purse was of leather, steel bound and In good preservation. It also con- talned some inscribed paper, which was reduced a'most to pulp Value in Giving. In giving, a man receives more than | more is in propor- he gives, and the tion to the worth of the thing given. —George MacDonald. tham; [ ville; TiE EVENING TELEGRAM LARELAND, FLA., 5 METHODISTS’ G NEAR WAYNESVILLE, N. C :0;)0«*0‘0 OLOHOLQIOHOIRTOHN Waynesville, N. €., Jan, 13.—The | directors of the Soluhorn Methodist Assembly closed a three days session here Friday. At this meeting decis- was made on all questions requiring their action before further work can be done on the grounds. It is now decided to build the dam at the lower point called the Narrows, this"adding' over 100 acres to the lake area and approving the plans of Chief En- gineer J. W. Seaver, Ir. While the date is not officially an- nounced the work will begin at once! and be pushed rapidly to completion, ' The following gentlemen attende:l!' this very important meeting: Messrs.! John R. Pepper. ot Memphis; B. J. | Sloan and 8. ¢. Welch, of Waynes-' ville; General Julian 8, Carr, of Dur-| Bishop James Atkin, of “‘;l‘\'llt'.\'-‘ Dr. George R. Stuart, of Cleve-! | Waynesville, :y br. iing of the B | tellizence of land; and Dr. James Cannon, of Cannon, who is general Super- intendent gave out the following i:i:nml statement which will be of in- ierest: The July, 1913, upon as the date for the tormal open- | first of was fixed Assembly. the lias The Exeoutive Committee of Laymen's Missionary Movement either the fixed upon the summer of TS, June or July, as the time jor third of the Lay- men's M and has ‘mbly oconforence onary Movement the Southern Grounds at Lake Cplace of meeting. b [ there will he a thousand dele- tes in attendance \ Junidnska | selocted s the is extected that g over | upon this areat conference, and thousands of visitors, ; It was ded jed conerete dam 2 a reinfore- Richland Creek at xhu Iu\\m end of l|l< prop- ided 10 crect s the TRIBUTE TO T!{E MEMORY OF MR. JOHN D. SITTS. (The following article tuken from the Franklin - Reporter, Franklin Grove, 1llinois. The sub- ject of the article, Mr, John . Sitts, was the father of Mrs, J, M. Woods, of this city, and died at wer home here): The Reporter had harvdly printed last week. bearing the sad in- the serious illness of Mr. L came 15 heen our former bheloved townsman, D. Sitts, when the message which announced his death. As he was widely known throughout the vicinity, the news of his sudden de- mise was received with a grief and a sorrow, such as follows only the death of one who has been loved and highly respected by his fellowmen. With alacrity we can say he had few, it any, enemies, He delighted in true friendship; his calm, conzen- ial, altruistic nature ever the same, made him the triend of every man, woman and child with whom he would chance to meet, | Whatsoever he did he did vight, | regardless of the time] 0 we may say | with Paul of old, A lite well lived; | a fight well fonght; the eternal ™ John D wis horn New York, Japuary 20, ‘ of oild Tentonic and Revolutionary ‘I on ool the in Oneida INGY Sitts connty, nz oie of the fourth genera Amcvican s family to branch ol the | it ttie in this country Fin cotonial times and died Decembor 1wt and 13 | s e nd in Fva K | the azed N0 years, 10 month days ne to Franklin € in i8NG to Mis ISNN at Tove IN63 was marvried Lincoln who died in age of 5 He was o1 2ed i firs three years of his life in 1i- lumber in railroading for and then went into the this place with others nnde the firm name of Sitts, Thomas & Co, He later farmed for four Bradford township, but then removed | to Franklin Grove and opened a grocery store and for many years he continued in this business, bmldlng up a good trade by his honesty "“"I integrity until he became endowed | I\ulh a large amount of the world's | goeds, at which time he retired. He still resided in Franklin Grove, but finally he went to live with his daughter, Mrs. A. (. Cliffe, in \\(d~ more. Here he made his home for | several years, later removing to Flor ida to spend the winter at Lakeland !with another daughter, Mrs. J. M., Woods. During his sojourn here the | | fatal stroke of paralysis claimed hini | victim Thanksgiving evening following W nois {rade at yea | | [ :aS a | death occurring the ! nesday. i In losing John D. Sitts, Franklin Grove loses one of its venerable, hon-{ orable and foremost citizens. He was | | foremost in the ranks of pioneers w hoj | came to this section and built =2 ourishir town on virgin prairic < remained in the vanguard of then, and has fll\'\.l\~| ooked up to in Franklin Grove as a man of beautiful character and! ‘a leader among men. cll in since i ?llhnut 600 feet long, | grounds. Grounds is 3 Labove [ Lodge, with enter thou into : in | REAT WORK HIQIGIOIQIOLOBOIGIOIGBG 0 erty of the Southern Assembly, th:| lake level to be 2,550 feet above sea level, the area of the surface of the | | | | | i :lake to be approximately 240 acres, the lake to be spanned by a bridge somewhat over a half mile above the site of the dam. ~and a rustic bridge for foot passen- gers to be built at the upper end c! the lake at the point marked on th- Asgembly map as the Narrows, When the lake has been made, it ;will be stocked with trout and bass and other fish suitable to mountain streams. A steamer and launches {will be a favorite method of trans- portation to different parts of the The final survey of the property shows that the Short Line Drive around the Lake will be nearly eight miles in circumference. The highest point on the Assembly 50 feet, or 1.000 feet surface the lake. A the of Csurvey is being made to locate a road to this highest point, and it is in the mind of the Superintendent to buil! a log hotel, to be known as Suns. aecommodations for fif people who may want to go up fron arounds to the night, they can have a fine view of the san and the The Supcrintendent 10 secyre send when S0 sSunrise, was directed suitable plans and \||u|!7 ations for the erection of one hund- hrl room modern hotel, of an Awdi torium less than "thousand perzons, of a Public Servic A s latter to consist of to seat pot Juilding, and of ing, the building and oflice tor the work of the summer schools with two wings containing firty bed rooms each, the scconda hotels, ti mbly Build-! A mai: and class room same to be used as It is with county Keen regret that Lee loses this venerable pioneer and his passing leaves a gap iy the! alveady shattered ra of the early days, He leaves tour children to mourn Lis loss, * They are: Henry B, ofl West Chicago, Mrs, Gertie \\‘hm-r\i of Clovis, N. M., Mrs. Bertha Wood- | of Lakeland, Fla.; and Mrs. Bdny Cliffe of Sycamore, The remains were brought here | Saturday, and taken to the home of J. i 1. Lincoln, nephew of the deceased Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon in the Methodist church, Rev. A, K. Simester officiating, Inter- ment was made in the family lot in the local cemetery, Messrs, M. V. Peterman, . A, Lager, G. D, Black, Clayton Chronist- E. 0. E. Orner and F. D. Kelley acted as pall bearers. s of the legion | er, Let us hope, that, like our brother, | When our day of life is fled | We may enter ig that Kinzdom | Where no tarewell tears are shed Weep not that his toil is ended; Weep not that his race is won; et us hope (o sleep as calmly When our work, like his, is dons Those present from a distance ! Mr. and Mis, Henry B danghter Eva, of West Chifeazo, M Sitts and | more important than ever decoration of separate blouses and | as far as the shoulder. JANUARY 16, 1912, DRO OUR NEW P IN ON US AND SEE 1912 SUIT PATTERNS YES, we have them---one thousand in number. they are beautiful and the price is right. Yes, Nice suit made to your measure for $15.00 and up. Let us serve you for Men’s Furnishings in 1912, “THE STORE OF QUALITY” T. . WOODS & CO. ymore New Mexico, M. Woods, Lakeland, o Mres, AL CL Cliffe Laniel Clitfe and Mrs, and Alderman Winters and son Gordon, of Mr, and Mrs. Florida, Clovis, Thomas Clift: ol Sycamore, Ritts of Chicago. APPROPRIATE FOR THE NECK Mr. ! " | % and son Thomas, | Lewis | DRANE BUILDING DG OIOI QTG IOGG Lakeland Artn‘lual Stone WOI‘I\S Near Electric Light Plant MAKES RED CEMENT PRESSED BRICK CALL AND SEE THEM. CAN SAVE YOU MONEY Crushed Rock. Sand and Cement for Sale BUILDING BLOCKS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS GO Pretty Things That Have Been Given the Sanction of Best-Dressed Parisian Women. Theejabots, plisses and rabats are in the bodies of one-piece frocks. Here are some notes taken at a showing in one of the well-known lingerie shops not far from Paquin's The larger the better. This seems to be the rule for fashioning frills of either lace or linen. One-sided effects predominate. A central strip of lace, tucked material or embroidery is flanked on one side by an immense frill. BReading, eyelet embroidery, lace, heavy and fine, may be used at the line of junction, and ball fringe has made its appearance on some novelties, Pleatings of net are edged with lace | motifs in heavy Oriental weaves or | fine valenciennes. Sometimes a pleated frill will he edged with two! ! or three other frills of pleated lace. | The possibilities of varicty are unlim- ited. i Jabots or plisses are extremely wide | and long. In the majority of cases ' they extend to the waistline and over The shape is generally broader at the top than at i the bottom. Black buttons of velvet are introduced on lnee, satin or 12 and 18 inch Drain Tile for Sidewalk, Gate Posts. Mounds, Etc, Good Stock on Hand WE Deliver Free of H. B. ZIMMERMAN. Proprietor. 01050500060 630TOIOHOIPITONOIORIO010 14 VWAAWY VWA W Clough Shoe Co. .-NOTHING BUT SHOES... We sell at regular prices and give a discount ol YOUR GAIN OUR LOSS, Only exclusive shoe store in Lakelaad. All the latest styles---Call and see for yourself The Telegram Is Up-To-1s POIOTOIOIQIOTOIE OO 0 S per cent. I Am Going to Give Awa) A Lakeland Lot I have charge of the ~p'umiid suburban addition to, Lakeland, Florida, known as Dixicland casesy want the public vertising, to help us, want to get out some convincing advertising matter rey garding these lots, and, as is often done 1o If we get good points from any sources it wiil add spice toow In order to geta large number of pointed answers we are going to Give Away One of the Best Lots in New Dixieland to tht Person Sending Us the Ten Best easons for Buying Property in Florida No need of arguing the points out, just make them clear and concise. We will have a committee of judges, the Mayor of Lakeland. the President of the First Nat Bank of Lakeland and the Manager of the Carter-Deen Realty Company. Contest will close February 1st. possible. Lakeland is an s advancing rapidlv. Direct all replies at once ideal winter resort, a live to Award will be advertised in this paper Drsiness citv of 7000, a railroad center as soon thereafte: and o J. H. CAMMACK, Manager CARTER & DEEN REALTYS C0’S OFFICE Lakeland