Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, February 2, 1912, Page 4

PAGE FOUR. # The Evening Telegrami. LECTURE LAST NIGHT. — Mrs. Nelson's address last night at the Presbyterian church, was very Published every afternoon from th} much enjoyed by those Who were Kentucky Building, Lakeland, FIa.| iunate enough to hear her. - She handled her subject as “one who Entered in the postoflice at Lake- | knew whereof she spoke.” The mu- land. Florida, as mail matter of thelsical part of the program was splen- gecuid class. did, too, conissting of a hymn by . ——|the congregation, a solo: by Miss R. | Frances Riggins, a duet by Mrs. Dur- rance and Mrs, Ohlinger, a solo by Mrs. Durrance, with Mrs, Fletcher to accompany in her usual happ,\'l style. Sincere thanks are extended from the W. C. T. U. to those ladies who so kindly responded to Mrs. Angell's| requests, The address being on “Flower Mission Work,” the work of the decorating committee was doubly appropriate and appreciated. Mrs. Nelson wishes her personal thanks extended to those who fur- nished the music, and to the deco- rating committee. Both, she de- clar gave her inspiration for her address, Mrs. Nelson is being entertained by Mrs. J. W. Turner and Mrs, L. B. Bevis. Mrs. Webb kindly loaned her horse and buggy for t'ho use of the deccration committee and to as- M. F. HETHERINGTON, EDITO A. J. HOLWORTHY Business and Circulation Manager. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One year ... Six months Three months Delivered anywhere within the limits of the City of Lakeland for 10 cents a week, Nl S s I R e From the same office is issued THE LAKELAND NEWS a weekly newspaper giving a Tre- suwine of local matters, crop condi- tions, county aliairs, etc. Sent auywhere for $1.00 per year, Lo ts 1o be voted in the coms ing primary will contain a sreater{sist in the entertainment of - Mrs, pumber of names ol } 5 than | Nelzon, i the h ol ‘ithe MRS. H. B. MORSE, be a long ticket, and Press Reporter, vill lo=e his vote by lu‘i‘ e being » wark the baliot cor- | RS, CASWELL APPRECIATES yectly, 1t will also require o long | WHAT PEOPLE HAVE DONE time to conunt th , Capecially | e | in the Lavee ane populous districts, L1 wish to state to all who are in- Martin Mr, Edward €, vis slowly improv ested in [ Phe Weather Buresu wires us ¢ ml nursi ther rost, ahd w print-| hoe we Lin a few weeks, ing it winz, We will 10W=| We to extend sur many heart- ever, that we hope no one's feelivgsrolt thoks for the much-appregiated will be hurt if 1t + is Tailure “'}ul;l:viu[ hielp iendered by the good! d the prediction, On the [ people of Lake! May the rich- cont et us congratulate our-|est hlessi nl cech and every selvis on cseaping uupleasant weath- | one concerned, for no one can con-| S0 tortuniate as to dofeeive how weleome it was e the er if we ar An Ordinance Fixing | Lave not, as yet, been with particu- ORDINANCE o, 133, the Detalls, Form of Bonds and Coupons, of a Bond Issue of the City of Lakeland, in the State of Florida, and Pledg- ing Said City to Levy a Tax Suffi- cient to Meet the Interest to Ac- crue Thereon, and Provide a Sink- ing Fund to Pay the Principai When Due. BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Lakeland, in the County of Polk, and State of Florida, as follows: WHEREAS, The electors of the City of Lakeland in the State of Flor- ida, at an election called for that pur- pose and duly holden on the 30th day of December, A.'D. 1911, did duly authorize the issuing of bonds of the said City, for the several sums and for the purposes following, viz.: Seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,- 000.00) for the purpose of putting in, constructing and operating a Sys- tem of sewerage in said city; Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000.00) for the purpose of paving streets and sidewalks therein; and fifteen thou- sand dollars ($15,000.00) for the purpose of erecting public buildings, including fire station and jail, and enlarzing City Hall fer the use o: the City of Lakeland, and WHEREAS, The form of said bond: and the interest coupons to be there- to attached, the date the same shail bear, the time when, and the place or places where the same shall be made Wble, the interest the same shall bear and when and where the same shall become due and and other details thereol rate of payable, larity fixed and determined; and WIHEREAS, It will be necessary to levy from time to time a tax sufli- cient to meet the interest therecn as the same shall become due and pay- able, and to provide a sinking fund for the payment of the principal of said bonds at maturity; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT OR- THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFE TIME To Get A Vehicle At Your Own Price Having determined to ~oncentrate my efforts on my ‘Harness Business and Kindred Lines, I will offer for a limited time in order To Close Out at Cost My Line of Buggies, Sur- rles, Phaetons, Wagons and Other Vehicles Everything on wheels will go unreservedly, and if you want a vehicle for business or pleasure, now is your time. The Buggy and MCGLASHAN, “amesshn Peacock Building, Oppesite Jail 2 m—— OO the sum of twenty-tive dollars !CCC‘C QLOLOCOO (1y) year's! ',;_, - — - state of Florida, as well as of the Y Ordinances of the said city, und es-} (32 L pecially Ordinance No. . adopted [interest that day due on its SLreel i and approved on the 2uth d of No-|end Sidewalk, Public Building, and| [ Politica cember, A, D, 1911, and an election “I“‘E:l\d 1:;;,:;}vh i field pursuant thereto on the J0th will l;'. ““_”’“Kl Shlie duy of December, A, D, 1911 ‘Llc\ tion for $10.00. 1 1t is hereby certified and recited i be paid in advauce. ] that the proposition to izsue thi SRS £ P Al boud, as \i(»ll] as all other bonds of FOR STATE SENATI this scries, was duly submitted aud v fuvorably voted upon in the manner required by law; and that all acts, conditions and things required by jaw to be done precedent to and in the issuance of this and said bu.\d.~,| have been properly done, happe nwl!-’lll(l couponus are hereby and performed in regular and due ratified aud confirmed, - form as required by law; that this SECTION 2. There shall be, and being one-haif (Sewer Bond No. 1. Dated March Ist, 112, Magor. Countersigned: !To the Democratic \ ! County: f I beg to announce v { the oflice of Stat( President City Council, Attest: City Clerk. All of which several forms of bonds district, subject to t approved, Democratic primaries, ¢ {which will be announ: Resg 0. 'To rail at the weather ofiice be=lones who received it. Ve alsc wizh cause the weather doe DAINED by the City Council of the tadices, City of Lakeland: 't get as bad | to thank the good W, €T, U, as well as othews, foe tiie lovely flov- as, or worse than, it feels justified (o i i SECTION 1. The » e by conditions in predicting, is to ad=fers they so thoughinily presented, SECTION 1. That One Hundred and Fi'ty Thousand Dollars ($150,- vertise that there is something se-|Come again, ladics, such tokens of riously wrong with your bean, i) remembrances are appreciated, 1hese help to make the otherwise gloomy sick-room look cheerful both to pa- We like to heer the sound of thel jont and nurse. bell which has been installed at the Sincerely yours in sickness and 000.00) negotiable bonds to be num- bered from 1 to 150 consecutively, both inclusive, of the City of Lake- land, in the State of Florida, be is- sued, bearing date the 1st day of March, A. D. 1912, each of the de- Lakeland school. We remember, as|pealth, a boy, that all the schools, and cer- tainly all the churches, had bells. We believe that in our latter-day super-civilization bells are consider- ed rural, old-tashioned, out of date. Old-fashioned and rural they may be, but, like many things thus classified. they have a charm that appeals to| most of us, Who does not remember William Triplett, at the Herron The- the bells of their childhood home? ater, Friday, Feb, 9, in a new four- In taking away the bells from act comedy-drama, entitled “Cherry cirurches and scheols we are elimi- Valley,” a story of Virginia, depict- pating some of the sweetest memo- Ing characters taken from life. AR SRR M Mr. Triplett is well known, having men and women, The Miami Her- ",Iu““l INE sHERRINCULR AN T, ald, whose comments on this subject Key West, Jacksonville, Savannah are reproduced in anotlier column, and Charleston, and is considered one liss the vight iden, of the best of character actors, His stipporting company is excellent, hav- MRS. J. B. CASWELL. WILLIAM TRIPLETT TO STAR IN “CHERRY VALLEY." William Jacques L. Weinberg will present the noted character actor, ) rsbemiionbitin ing been engaged for this play. One pleasing and extra feature of the In support of the contention made by this paper that Florida children have excellent educational advanta- ges and that the charge of southern illiteracy dces not apply. to this State, we cite the fact that the County Superintendent of the Hills- borough schools made a test in a country school near Tampa, which per.ormance is the music furnished by the high-class orchestra carried by the company. A free concert will be wiven at the Herron Theater at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Seats on sale February 7, at Her- ron's, Prices, 25, 85 and 50 cents. nomination of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), the first block of said bonds numbered from 1 to 10 inclu- sive to mature and become due and payable thirty years after date of issue, and the same number thercof being the next ten according to their number in consecutive order, to be- come due and payable every year thereafter, making the last ten due and payable forty-four years after the date of issue; with interest on the principal, at the rate ol five per cent. (5 per cent.) per annum, pay- able semi-annually on the 1st day of March and September in each year, upou presentation and surrender of the interest coupons to be attached to said bonds; such principal and interest shall be payable at the oflice of The National Park Bank in the City of New York, State of New York; and the said bonds and the coupons thereto attached, with the necessary variation as to number, shall be in the following form, to wit: United States of America. State of Florida. City of Lakeland. Five children from several States were attending, A stanza of “My Country, 'Tis of Thee,” was reproduced by all the pupils, and two Florida children St. Petersburg, Feb. 1.—The new who had attended no other school turned out by far the best “copy,” as :.ulhl:'r;'xlr‘;lvhurch, IR 0 D to correctness of quotation, penman- .u.g IEEIAE & vle Qi 01 S ond ship, capitalization, spelling and avenue south and Fourth street, will punctuation. Wi believe that simi- 54 d_edim“‘d e SNUAY, N S1 lar tests in the majorty of Florida o_mm‘ SHUTTRIA D 0 LAB, GecaMOn sthiools woiild show that the average will be held, Rev. J, H. Mathias, of Lakeland, in charge. of advancement among the school children of this State will compare|, 10¢ ConSregation purchased two Shvorably with:thoss ot the siioé 4 Iots on the south side cormer and I8 o0y stite, upon one has been built the church. At a future date it is the intention to = bave erected a more pretentious This is ground-hog day, and in the|Puilding on the corner lot and the States north of us folks are watch-|Present church edifice will be remod- ing the skies with interest, for it|¢led and probably used as a parson- the sun shines ever so little—enough | 8¢ for the ground-hog to see his shad-| Desides the building other im- ow—he retires again to his lair from | Provements have been madd on the which he had peeped for the first|&Tounds, as a retaining wall of suffi- time since cold weather, and ven-|¢ient height has been built, and the tures ¢orth no more for six weeks, | Erounds will be further embellished. While the Lutherans have been or- ganized in this city not more than a vear, there are quite a rumber of members, and the list is being in- creased. LUTHERANS TO DEDICATE " CHURCH AT ST. PETERSBURG. —o— Just why or how he figures sunshine to be an omen of bad weather, de- ponent saith not, but there are any number of people who put their trust implicitly in the little animal's prog- nostication, and are firmly convinced The Best Gif:. The best giit is the one that shows thought--un appreclation of what will | ve pleasing and useful to the recinl-i ent—that is what counts for value, not the price in money. “if the gronud-hog sees his shadow on Caudlemas Day there will be six weeks more of winter. Down here in Florida, we belicve there are no ground-hogs— prebably owing the fact that if one comes here finds the seasons so topsy-tuivy doesn’t know when to begin his ter's sleey also to Nis inability to get a job as a weather prophet in a country where the sun is almost ——— Prescient in Mis Day. A sclentist has discovered that ia | 5321 A, D. the earth will cease to| | turn on its axis. But If it shoulda‘t | he vl be spared the bumillation of hearing the people deuounce him as 8 Har.—Memphis News. , and sure to shine on Candlemas Day or any other day. per cent, Street and Sidewalks, Pub- lic Buildings and Sewer Bond. KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the City of Lake- land in the County of Polk in the State of Florida, acknowledges itself to be indebted, and for value receiv- ed, hereby promises to pay to the bearer hereof the sum of One Thou- sand Dollars ($1,000.60), lawful money of the United States of Amer- ica, on the 1st day of March, A. D. 1942, together with interest on said sum from the date hereof, at the rate of five per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually on the 1st day of March and September in each year, upon presentation and surrender of the interest coupons hereto attached as they severally become due, both interest and principal being payable at the office of The National Park Bank, in the City of New York, State of New York, principal and interest payable in gold coin of the United States of the current standard weight and fineness. This bond is one of a series of 150 bonds, each of the denomination of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), amounting to a total of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars (§150,000,- | 00) numbered from 1 to 150 consec- utively, both inclusive, issued by the| said City of Lakeland for the purpose‘ of raising funds for putting in, con-; structing and operating a systemi olg sewerage in the said city, for paving | strects and sidewalks, therein, and| for ere-ling and enlarging p-!‘\!i(-; buildings for the use of said City pur- suant to the provisions of the Statu-| tory Charter of the City, the same being Chapter 6363, Laws of Florida, Acts of 1911 of the Legislature of the vond is, and all other bonds of this issue, with all other indebtedness of said city, are within the limitations preseribed by the Laws and Constitu- tion of the State of Florida. The full faith, funds, property, credit and resources of the City of there is hereby ordered, levied annu- ally until the principal and interest | of all of suid bonds shall be fally paid upon all the taxable preperty, within said City an amount sulli«-icm[ to meet the accraing interest on said bonds ,and to provide a sinking l‘und.l HoJ FOR STATE SENATOR To the Voters of Polk (‘o I hereby announce my= date for State Senator county. Having the will 1, that at the maturity of said bonds, shall be sufficient to pay the princi- pal thereof. Lakeland are hereby irrevocably pledged for the payment of principal and interest on, said bond, IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said City of Lakeland has caused this bond to be signed by its Mayor, counter- signed by the President of its City Council and attested by its Clerk un- der the SEAL of said City, and the coupons hereto attached to be sigued in like manner, by the said Mayor, | the people’s best interests, | such ability as I possesz | fort to do so, should they . with this commission. [ ro-p solicit the support of all t! JOHN F. COX 1 hereby certify that the forego- ing Ordinance, No. 133, was duly passed by the Council of the City of Lakeland, on the 24th day of Jan- uary, A. D. 1912, H. L. SWATTS, City Clerk. Approved by me this 25th day of FOR PROSECUTING ATTORNEY. I am a candidate for the of Prosecuting Attorney county, and respectfully - President of City Councii and Clerk, with their lithographed signatures, January, A. D. 1912, vote and support of the r as of the 1st day of March. A. D. S. L. A. CLONTS, every democratic voter ut 1912, Mayor of Lakeland. mary election, April 0. | ) that if elected, I will devot Mayor. Proof of a Weak Mind. and energy to the dutics Countersigned: “In matters of great concern, and |fice in prosecutions for ! President City Council, |Which must be done, there is no surer | Respet Attest: argument of a weak mind than irres- EPPIS TU K olution; to be undetermined where the | e = S e = case is“so plain and the necessity so A - Clerk. jurgent.”—Tillotson, Aitered the Case. FORM OF COUPON. — [ Mrs, de Mover—G No. 1. $25.00. Unencouraging. Thi ‘ : On the 1st day of September, 1912,] *“That audience cheered my remarks | €V¢r £0* into. the City o/ Lakeland, in the State of | repeatedly.” *“Yes,” replied the mo. | Screech!” Ma Florida, will pay the bearer at the|rose man. “I never yet saw an audi. | Childers, mum. the City of New York, State of New | €nce that wouldn't rather hear itsel |they? How the litil holler than listen to somebody's talk | JO¥ing themselves:"—1 it s .Repairing - a—— OF ALL KINDS ON CLOCKS - - WATCHES EWELRY The place where the Railroad Watches are repaired © The place where your work should be done . All work guaranteed. Prices as low as honest work can be done for. Nothing but the best material used m | WILL APPRECIATE LAKELAND, FL . GIVE ML A CALL H. C. JEWELER \. . > —— ope ———_ —\. t I r