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'DEEDS FILED FOR RECORD, . “Published every afternoon from the! Kentucky Building, Lakeland, Fla.| { E ed in the postoffice at Lake-| land, Florida, as mail matter of the| sevund HERINGTON, EDITOR. h(/L w OPTJLY HET A d. Business and Circulation Manager. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One year Six: months ... Three mohths Delivered anywhere within the limits. of the City of Lakeland 'for 10 cents a week, oY From the same office is issued THE LAKELAND NEWS a weekly newspaper giving a Te~ sume of local matters, crop .cendi- tions, county affairs, etc. Sent anywhere for $1.00 per year. juitable buildin'g, recently, destroyed by fire, is to be replaced by s thirty-siory structure. JANUARY 31-FEBRUARY 8 J. H. Beasley to Clark and Kin- i singer. Norton Realty Co. to D C, Skaggs . T. Simmonz aud wife to H. W | [)lL,th Grant U. Conant and wife to Geo | F'. Sprague. United Land Sales Co. to L. M Bates. Charles J. Case and wife to Chas, Hoffman. T. L. Marquis-to J. M. Oglesby. Charles A. Hackney and wife to T. M. Jones, T. M. Jones and wife to Stella M. Bass. : L George S. Smith and wife to Ed- win C. Eades. +J. C. Durrance et al. to E. A, Kel- ler. cial Bank, M. A. Tillis to B. W. McCormick. Parks W, Read and wife to Over- street, W. T. . . | W. T. Overstreet to W.P. Read. ’ R. C. Langford to Charleston Min- ing and Mfg. Co. 0. B, Lewis and wife to Langford. C. L. Morrison to R. C. Langford. Florida Development Co. to Ed. Rock, R."C. D R AL G s Florida peas have been selling in ‘the New York market at.$10 a crate, which is one answer to the question, " *“foes farming in Florida pay?” ECAEATS AL B SRR Five persons slept in one bed- at #a Lakeland hotel last night, Various gomtaents may be made on this fact, ‘but we will only give expression to e—that it is pretty evident Lake- Jand needs more hotel accommoda-| it N tions, AR I R AR L " Again, we say, an( we are going say it again, and several times, at unless your poll-tax ig pald by arch 9th you will not be permits d to vote {n the coming primaries. Phe privilege of citizenship . and 7 ought to bo worth a dollar 0 you. Be & man, and pay in time o vote. Of course, the alvice in e last sentence does not apply to dies, Wmun a very nhort. time Florida jas lost three good and wuseful men “state-wide prominence, -First, B. ‘MoLin, one of the State’s. most, ble and conscientious officials; Xt H, W. Tribble, distinguished e and ednutof and last, A, 1) Croom, another official of highl er and splendid record. h's call came to each ufl them shocking . suddenness.” Their ntimely taking off illustrates = the lemn truths that “Death loves a iining mark,” and “we know 'not| h day nor the hom'." ’ ‘Wery few peoph an pay o. bm and | ‘be pleasant about it This seems to a test 6f good nature that not rcan stand. Yet, when a bm is| y due, and there is no good rea- _to dispute it, it should be a re to pay it, instead of the oc- “* ion of displaying one’s ingrowing h. ‘We know some people, who, a bill is presented them, can _avoid outhing and , grawling,| ithstanding the charge involved ~Leen agreed on, and they knew ¢hand exactly what the amount (fl*he Tempa Times has made a dis- ry—to wit, that “away up in Pen county, Ky., they are muleh- strawberry. plants sét out and ted in September, and it is ex- ed’ they will live through and Iarge and luscious crops.” Next & the Times will be gravely im- ng the information that < Ken- farmers planted wheat last fall, ®xpect a crop next June, It isi{ amore uncommon to plant straw- 8 1n the fdll in Kentucky than ¥ wheat at that time of year. Times is the recognized author- on f{arm topics in Florida, dut hen it gets to discussing Kentucky |. ning It s out of its element. e D 4 We think if that La%elard School provement ~ Society, e organized out'a year ago, were revived again ¢ ladles would find that, ' theéy Would have substantial help and as- ance in their. work; as Professor fones and %his corps of teachers are eresting’ themselves in improving aprearance of the schopl, = the nds and entire surroundings. Ady they have raised enough ey to secure g flag, have bought @ bell, and they now want to put & fence around the campus, plant , lay walks and plant flowers. féel that since we have called CAttention of the ladies to this “n which they can be of won- atsistance, that, a meeting e called and the soglety £ back to life. Clean, at- ive, woll-kept school, grounds a reflnlng influence upon m imulates within ¢l Florida Development Co.'to Hsther L. King, . G. BE. Nobles and wife to W, S. Acree, M, O, Feagin and wife to W, M. ‘Hampton. W. E. M¢Caslan to Margaret J, Shanks. M. L, Varn to-W, M. Hampton. M., Ingebrightesen and wife to W. M. Hampton, Ballie J. Stanley to Marig P. Gril- wold. : W. A, Evans et al to G. T. Hill Thomas H, Walker and wife to John F. Cox. E. E. SBhelhamer to B. J, Yates. Martha Jones to Jenkins Jones. M. O, Feagin and wife to A, M, Dayvie. W. A, Oglesby. Peyton L. Honicomb and wife to John H. Nastrond, J. D. Porter to John B, Thorghill, -k, Hamrick and ‘wife to Della 3 ¥ S e o Lyle and wife to J. M. H. Hamrick and wife to Commer- ¥ A Barhite and mto J O’'Hern. * * Sheriff's Deed to J. W. Frazier. son. D. B. Dickson to Mary L. Tyler. Ellsworth Trust Co. v E. C. Stu® art, Mrs, Lincoln. M. BEugene Lincoln Blanchard. J. D. Tillis and wife to Monte J. Tillis. . Thomas E. Mills and wifeito M. Ingebrightesen. : Wiright and Polk to E. B. Polk. @. 'W. Wilson to H. M. Hammette. J. E. Rees and wife to O'Hern and Clayton. M. E. Trizgs to M. Eugene to - Ella =M, O’Hern. ORDINANCE No, 133. An Ordinance Fixing the Detalls, Form'of Bonds and Coupons, of a Bond Issue of the City of Lakeland; in the State of Florida, and Pledeg- ing Said City to Levy a Tax Suffi- clent to Meet the Interest to Ac- crue Thereon, and Provide a Sink- ing Fund to Pay the Principal ‘When Due, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the €ity 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 electlon called for that pur- pose and duly holden on the 30th day of December, A. D. 1911, did Quly 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 putglng {10, constructing and operating a nnn tem of ‘sewerage in sald city; Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000.00) for, the purpose of paving streets and silewalks therein; and fifteen thou-| sand dollars ($15,000.00) for rpose of erecting public buudlnn, including fire station and jail, and enlanging City Hall for the use ot the City.of Lkeland, and) , ‘WHEREAS, The foti of sald bonds and the interest coupons {9 be ther to'attached, the date the same’ shall bear, the time when, and the place, W. 8. Sylvester nnd wfle to Mmllq Lee Polk: - § ‘W, T. Mangam to & W. Merchant. W. T. Mangam {0 J, 8. Waggoner, John R. Wiggins and wite to Gein' gla May Longwotth, 7 Longworth, ° ‘B, W. McCormick to Bornton-Hu— derson Co, ¢ 0. N. Looney to P. 8. Weltten hiller. August Carlson l.nd wite to Erie H. Swineon. \ W. H. Lanier and wlh to Grant N. Conant, ' Grant N, Gohant to Aucut Carl- son., Pope Reed Developmu Co. to J. ‘Walker Pope. 0. C. Lanphear to A. H. Duhham. 0. C. Lamphear to Fred stephen son. O. C. Lamphear to C. A. Monds, 0. C. Lamphear to'C. A. Monds, Quiney A. Keen to Bertha L Gor- don. ) Henry Gordon et al. to J. J. Keen. John 8. Howard and wife o 3 | Duggan, Barlow and Sadler to William Hil- lery. . Clarence Alexander to Geongla Al- britton, Snyder C." Mills to Durrance w. Jordan, Sheriff’s Deed to John Patterson. J. H, Cloud and wife to Irla M. Trammell, James A, Johnson and wife to 8. A. Hart. , J./Henry Dowless and wite to W. H. Wheeler, Carter Deen. Realty Co. to; M. Boone, M. F. Boone to E. D. Ellis, Florida Highlands Co. to Freder- ick 8, Head. F.'8. Head to Wm. H. Cord, + D. A. Hancock to W. H, Lewis. Esther L. King to Arthyr Dixon, Mario_n G. Gafney to John Rey- nolds Annie G. /and John M. Deemr to H. K. Oliphant. H. H. Hamrick and wife to W, H. Underhill. i W. J. Durrance to W. H. Under- hill. 4 Marie P. Griswold. to Althur ko Smith, W. J. Durrance to T. G. Lockwood. Milton Wilson to' Emmsa J Bay- ley. Milton Wilson to W D. Denham - Florida ‘Fertilizer Mfg. Co. o J. D. Porter. John Perrie to B. F. Myers. R. M, Whitley to B. F. Myers. Tatey Perris to. . F. ‘\fyars. w. James (‘ousey and wife to iPekens upon presentation and surrender’ of! B Jackson, Wesléy Gairett and wite to 3. C.| ‘have not. a8 yct been with Mfl- larity fixed and determined; and WHEREAS, It will be necessary to levy from' time to time a tax suffi- | clent to meet the interest thereon as’ | the same¢ shall become due and pay- |q “|able, and to provide a sinking fund for the payment of the pmwim.l of ; u!d bonds at maturity; - ‘ NOW, THEREFORE, BR 1T OR- DAXNED by the City Councn of the City of ukelnnd SECTION 1. " That Ode Hundred and Filty Thousand Dollars ($150,- 11000.00) negotiable bonds to be num- bered from 1 to 160 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- 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- ol iesue, ‘and thn same number. thereof being the next ten nccording to their number in consecutive order, to be- come due and payable thereafter,” making' the: last ten due and payabld forty-four years after the date of fssue; with' Interest on the principal, at the rate of five per cent. (6 per cent.) per annum, pay- able sexhbannually on the 1st day of Maroh‘and September in each year, upoli presentation and_ surrender of the interest coupors to be. attached to said bonds; such prlncipnl and "|interest shall be payable at the office 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, ghall be in the: following form, to wit: United States of America, State of Florida. City of Lakeland. o T, L. Walker and wife to J. D.|} every . year per cent, Street and Sidewalks, Pub- lie Buildings and Sewer Bond. KENOW ALL MEN' BY' THESE PRESENTS, That the City of Lalke- land in the County of Polk in the State of Florida; acknowledges itsel! to be indebted, and for yalue recelv- ed, herehy promises to pay to the bearer heréof the sum of One Thou- land Dollars . ($1,000.00), . lawful J. F. Ogle and wite 1o J. C. Thom=|§ To Get A Vehicle At Your' Own Price ? Having determined to roncentrate my efforts on my Hamess Business Kmdred Lines, I will offer for a limited time in order To Close Out at Cost My Line ofBizggies, Sur- ries, Phaetons, Wagons and Other Vehicjes Everything on wheels will go unreservedly. and if business or pieasure, now is your time. McGLASHAN, —— @ vehicle for The Buggy and Harness Man Peacock Building, Cppesite Jail - Bank, in the City of New York, State | to be signed by ite Mayor, counter- iAll of Which several 1 of New York, principal and interest|signed by the President of its City and coupons are here payable in gold coin of the United i Council and aitested by its Clerk un-lntifled and confirmed, States of tHe current stnndud weight,' and fineness. This bond ls one of a series of 150 bends, each of ‘thé dempmination of One Thousand Dollars ($1, 000 00), amounting to a total of ene hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($150,000,- 00) mlmbered from 1 to 150 consec- utively, both. inclusive, issued by the said. City of Lakéland for the purpose of raising funds for putting in, con- [|structing and operating a system of sewerage in the said city, for paving streets and sidewalks, therein, and r erecting and enlarging public ‘buildings for the use Jof said City pur- suant to the pmviliou of the Statu- ry Charter' of the City, the same belag Chapter 6363, Laws of Florida, [ JActs of 1911 of the Legislature of the tate of Florida, as well as of the inances of the said city, and es- thig -mi;q duly submxtud i.nd favorably ' voted upen in the manner required by law; and that all acts, oondmom and mngl requirsd by W to, B done’precedent to and in the lmwce of this and said bon huve M properly dlnrenlfl‘cn#hl’ form w‘gflulred by law; that this is; and all other bonds of this issue, with all other indebtedness of sald city, within the Hmitatio prqoflm by the Laws and Constitu- tion of the State of Florida. 11 faith, funds, property, én&‘ resources of the City of Lakeland - are hereby done, happened | B der the SEAL of said City, and the coupons hereto attached to be signed in'like manner, by the said Mayor, President of City Council and (lerk, with their lithographed signatares, 188 of the 1st day of March, A. D. 1912, y 1 Mayor. _ Countersigned: / President City Council. - Attest: bt X FORM OF GOUPON No, 1. 5.00. On the 1st day of Beptember, 1912, the City of Lakeland, in ‘théState of Florida, will 'pay the bearer at the the City of New York, State of New. York, the sum of twenty-five dollars (”6),, being one-half (%) 'year's interest that day due on its Street ‘and’ Sidewalk, Public Mildlll’. and W Bond No. 1. R : : President City Council. City Clerk. FOR SA 'I‘ra.otsltLow Prices, Floridw Homes and Groves on High §J SECTION 2. There shall be, g there is hereby ordered, levieg nlly until the principal and of all of said bonds sha) be | paid upon all the taxable propedy within said City an amou; 0t sufficig | to meet the ageruing interest op g bondl ,and to provide a sin ing fu that at the maturity of said bogg shall- be sufficient to Pay the pring Ppal thereof. anny I hereby gertify that the foreg {pg Ordinance, No. 133, was du | passed by the Council of the City Ll‘kehnd on the 24th day of J; uary, A. D. 1912, H. L. SWATTS, 3 City Clerk | A‘pprofod by me this 25th day of January, A. D, 1912. b 8. L. A. CLONTS, . Mayor of Lakeland - NOTICE TO PATRONS: Wq;-‘t“»dnnged permanently Mgl ‘Harry Hartzell, late of the Ri :l'h;nt.e'f,\ Cineinnati’s most pianist and vocalist. STAR THEATER. 3 pop Timber. Turpentine, Cut-over &1 g IAndl, Choice Colinization § Rollmg Land, Situated on Beantiful Lakes, Paying Straw- ; beary and Trucking Farms. We guarantee all property just § as represented by us,: lrrevocably g plo‘g‘d for the payment of p}'lnc!pll & Memt on 'sald bond. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said City hbllnd has caused this bopd | For relmble informatmn see The place where the Railrozd Watc.he‘s irq repaired The place where your work sh‘onld‘bq done . All work guaranteed. Prices as low;gfé honest work * can be done for. GIVE ME A money of the United States of Amer-| lea, on the 1st day of March, A. D. 1942, together with Intérest on gald sum from.the date hereof; at the rate of five per cent. per anpum, payable semi-annually on/the -1t day of March and Seplember In each year, | the interest roumonk hcreto att.nhed B CALL. Nothing but the best material used Pt forget us when ou, OF W s of ne your CO give yOU ime. Wm. D , reache B spend]] pnd, th R. A. ] down ill prob he rety