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Job- Printing ING 'to the enlargement of our newspaper aad publishing business, O w it has been necessary to move The News Job Office up-stairs where it will be found in Rooms / 11 and 12, Kentucky - Building, in the com- i petent charge of Mr, G.J. Williams. For anything that can be printed, |if you want the best work at the right prices, call on Mr. Williams. The News Job Office Rooms 11 and 12 (upstairs) Kentucky Building. enjoyed a splendid Christmas trade for which we are very thankfui to our patroms and the WE : public generally. We take occasion to tLus express ur thanks and to wish all a Happy and Prosperous 3 New Year. i i g 20 206 Lakeland Book Store “45 Seconds from the New Deput.” 3 WQOOQQD ' ., THE MODERN BAKERY.s. ) : f Only Bakery in town that makes |Bread and U8 Cakes by maclinery, which means no'sweat in f bread as made by, hand. We guarantee to use the best of goods in otir bread and cakes. Phone 203 for prompt delivery. ‘Lakeland Barhite Brothers: i OO ROCHOROACROHCHORCHONCRICE LAKELAND MARBEE AND GRANITE WORKS, fated on East Lake Morton, ! John Edmunds, Prop. Solicts the orders of all requiring anything in this line. )1 are §1.89 .69 ¢s We DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT LAST [HAT 7.4 3.89 Just insure your property with us and forgét it. We will put * In good companies only (time tried and fire tested); will ad-" just ayd. : vour losses personally and pleasantly; pay you promptly and | thout discount; ook after the remewal of your policies; .grant —— "7 permits and gasoline permits without charge, and do all that o, E0od agents should do for the prolectlon of their customers. uf '€ Insure both countty and ‘town moperty i) e s HE R, H. JOHNSON FIRE INSURANCE AGENCY, ' E. CHUNN, Manager Lakeland, Fia, Successor to. Johnson snd Cannon, THE EVENING mmqmu‘u;fpx , FLA., JANUA} conspire to add to the attractiveness | the ¢ 1stiil doubt, after’reading this, tha | the mfll men for months to come. * tions of Florida, especially the south- THE TELEPHONE AS FIRST AID FOR THE FARM AND umfl William Jennings - Bryan, who frequently lays aside politics for the discussion of othtx questions of equal- ly abscrbing interest, delivered be- fore the Conservatiom C(cngress, re- cently held in Kansas City, a most { {teresting acdress on “Congervation and the Improvement of Farm Li e which makes an appeal that all who také to heart their country's future })rcsperlty and that of their posterity will do well to'heed. There are those who cherish Mr. Bryan's views on political topics and those, who do not. The questicns of the conservation of our natural resources and the develop- ment of farm life are essentially s9 devoid of political bearing, that all must be deeply impressed with his hearty endorsements of the' move- NCTICE TO THE PUSLIC! We, the Republicans of Polk coun—| ty, hereby call a mass meeting to meet Friday night, February 2, in| the city of Lakeland, at the K. ol P.| Hall. Meeting to begin at 8:30} ck. This meeting is for the purpose of forming and passing rewluuons.‘ *fand to elect delegates to the State and Con greqslonal Convention, whlch| will be held #m the city of Palatka,i| on February 6, 1912, . Whereas, a few officers have ap- Dointed themselyes delegates to these Danventions without notifying the public,. we, the Republicans of Polk | sounty, do 4ruly condemn such meth- | ods. Everybody is earnestly requested ent 2 el to be present at this mecting. ROBT. L. APPLEWHITE, s at Poor Men’s Prices (=== 'FOR A FEW WEEKS ONLY —y Values are big enéugh to make them go fast zo step lively if yoy ‘want to save money. You’ll buy if you see the goods' ments which are to do so much for A. W. GORDON, icularl h GUSSIE WASHINGTON. y ] ; & f::m(:-\.mtry_ and particularly ‘t.e ,1_31_2”,(1 COME, AND COME OU'CK!\ For obvious reasons the nddreu] 4 carnot be given here, but suffice it to| RITCHIE TO or:m A say that Mr. Bryan looks for the pro- tection of our water sheds, the con- $CENIC STUDIO servative cutting of timber, refore- statfon of denuded timher land and the extensive use of irrigation to re- claim arid areas; and emphasizes the dire misfortune that is sure to come if the people wait until “pecessity compels us to conserve the nation’s resourees when we beccme aware that they are becoming impoverished.” “What will make gur farms more attractive?”’ Mr. Bryan asks, and re- plying to liis own question, gives first | piace 1n his thoughts to the telephone —the farmer’s telephone—in ‘these words: ‘It seems to me that just mnow there are a number of things that [} The Hub, =i, \ Jacksonville, “Jan, 30.—In pursu- ance to the great number of requests for a place this side of New York or Chicago, 'where a theater manhger in Southern Georgia, Alabama and the entire of Florida &an sevure gcenery for the many new 'theaters that are being built and remodeled, Charles W, Ritchie, owner and man- ager of the Mabel Paige Company, who is thoroughly familiar with {these conditions in the three States, and C. E. Oelrich, a prominent scenic artist, of Newark, N, Y., have decided to open in Jacksonville an up-to-date studio, where everything pertaining |to the stage ¢an be secured, rommt‘s B[ANS ALL strns Don't send away for such. I have as good as’ mouey and experience can command. N, ¥. and Eastern grown. = Some from other sections wherever the best grow. f RESH PURE, TRUE REI.IABI.[ Car of Pure Maine Bliss Potatoes of the iarms. Invention has already addeq, largely to the comforts of the farmer. 1 live four mijes nearly from' The telephone enables nte | to send and receive telegrams; itien- ables me to call the physician in A moment. 1 kunow of no one thing that hangs more heavily on the mother than the fact, when sickness comes, or accident, it is go long be- fore one can'be sent to the physi- cian, and the physician orought. TODAY, WITH THE TELEPHONE, WE CUT'IN TWO AT LEAST, THE RO RO CHOOBCHCRONHONONCHCHORORONONORIN O Ihe Professions DR. SAMUET F. SETH SPECIALIST Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Glasses Bmentlflmll Prescribed 'Phone: Office 141, Rendence 22, Bryant Bldg, Lakeland, Fla, ALSO FERTILIZERS D. B. Dickson TIME BETWEEN THE' ACCIDENT = AND TH# RELIEF." ; DR. W. §. IRVIN Can any argument be more CoRaf | DENTIST vineing than this? Can any of our} tillers of the soil, who contribute .so largely to the welfare of the countryy Established in July, 1900 Rooms 14 and 15 Kentucky Building Phones: Office 180: Residence 84 the rural telephone 8 their dock andt ™" T T T salvation? We venture to staté that|DR: W. R, GROOVER, wothing in recent years has proved _PHYSICIAN AND SURGRON.J so beneficlal to the farmer as the 7 Rooms 3 and 4 Kentmcky Huilding telephone which has been placed at o Wt ’ his command. Only one use'has been | i . mentioned above, though it is_ onef which probably appeals most strongly & DR R R SULLIVAN, to the {armer’s better self or better-| .. —PHYSICIAN—- - half. Special attention given to Suxgul The ‘rural telephone, however, has| ¢ . and Gynecology inval-| Kentucky Building,' 'Pone 132 LAKELAND, FLA. Sarch E. Wheeler other uses which makes it unable as a time saver and an anni- hilator of gpace. The vigorous cam- WE cmnzxan COMPARISON BOTH AS muns a'nm'n A paign which has been carried on for some time past by the Western Elec- : PRICE OF OUR GOODS, ) tris Company, which helds the unigue ‘5 OSTEOPATH PHYSICIAN & sw 14 Po‘md. .......... position of being ‘the largest manu- Rooms 5, 6 and 47, Bryant Building| | Swift’s Premium m per W“d Fa tacturer of telephone * apparatus in (12 . LAXRLAND, Best Butter, per pound, ........ ... e the world, has been the meas of con- | sy Picnic Hams, per pound . .. HEE T vincing a great host of farmers that [ 3 TxAmI.L, ‘Mothers’ 0“” per mo_ j : their homes w11l be better safeguard- Attorney-at-Law, Heckers' Whole Wheat F1 p“ hlg st ed, their social Mfe made more agre:- ~ Offices, - Bryant Bullding Heckers’ Graham Flour, per h‘ TR able, their facilities: for handling Lakeland, Fla. Heckers' Rye Flour, per blf ..... S business increased, and, in general, f 12 P'de blg best mm_ ’ 1i'e made eagier and more attractive & 24 pound A ; § / as a, result of the advcnt o{ the rural ROGERS & ‘BI‘,AITO“ Fat mm:{ etch‘ e L SRR ; 2 b 100 teleghone, i Lawyers, Irish Potatoes, per peck | R R A “..afi'/ % The farm is a great, vltal tactos Bryant Block, ’Phome 319 Baby, Size Cream, 6 for .. ... N .-- -”. in thé economic. problems apd a1t Lakeland, Fla.. Family size Cream, 3 for ... FTRERTE AT cmnmwxwm.numromnm rot become devitalized, else the end will not be far to seek. The telephonc TUCKER & TUCKER,' will help in a very great measure t) prevent such industrial. decay and, . —Lawyers— more than that, will open up new Raymondo Bldg. | Lakeland, SAW-MILLS NOW - |INO. 8, EDWARDS nmmo WLL TIME |/ Attorney-at-Law. ! OMée in Munn Bullding | LAKELAND, FLORIDA, e ——————epe . e, wi R B xurnnx -Amrm-whv— Roor 7 Stiart Bldg. Bartow, ¥la ;' flelds of endeavor. Florida m‘nmmwafi § Jnchonvme Jan. 30.—Following almost a ‘month of idlenees and slow upeuuons Dby reason of bad weather donditions; mill men of Georgia and Florida are havinga much better on- portunity 2o -inérease their output, according {9 reports received py Sec- 1 We Carry NothmgBut Absolu tely _ Fresh Stock All the Time retary E. C. Harrell, of the Georgia- |J, B. Streater C. F, Kenneds % \ Florida Saw Ml Association. And| * ‘SIREATER & KENNED' P to make matters fletm, lumber from * * = \'+' Comtractors and Builders, Estimates - Cheerfally Furnished Ml. falk with you ‘about t building large or small elmo 169 or 104 Blue. nn I. WILLIAMS, C, E. W Mfintlon s'ven to design and ; cogfiwetlon of Sewerage and Water Works Florida, System. Sanford - P R & D. @ H D. MENDENHALL Civil eers and Architects ! ‘Rooms 212-215 Drane Bldg. : LAKELAND, FLA. ern part of the State, were not af- thh Jdand examination, fected o greatly, and continued to| = veys, examination, reports, while were standing idle. !/ T Biyeprinting. this section of the country is in great.demand, and prices are high for all ¢lasses of stock, Orders for car materlal are coming in with a steady movement, presaging prosperity with . Qur Goods Are Right . Our Prices Are Right . . . . And Yot Will Be kighg If You Buy Your Groceries . ‘Secretary Harrell keeps in close touch with the business conditions and is pleased to get favorable re- ports from the territory covered by the agsoclation. - During the - latter part of Jast December heavy rains i taused almost total suspension of mnu facturing, but orders continued "to pile In, The mills of certain sec- Sur-