Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, February 12, 1912, Page 4

—————————— Published every afternoon from the Kentucky Building, Lakeland, Fla. e Entered in the postoffice at Lake- land, Florida, as mail matter of the second class. i ——— M. F. HETHERINGTON, EDITOR. A. J. HOLWORTHY Business and Circulation Manager. - SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One year ... veees.$5.00 Six months .....oecveee 2.50 Three months SRR 1y Delivered anywhere within the limits of the City of Lakeland for 10 cents a week, From the same office is issued THE LAKELAND NEWS a weekly newspaper giving a Te- sume of local matters, crop condi- tions, county affairs, etc. Sent anywhere for $1.00 per year. ———— The Sumterville Times follows the flag. The flag floats from above the court-house, and the court-house has been moved from Sumterville to Bushnell, e i i i The Floridian isn't near as funny gince Editor Williamson has become S— The Evening Telegram CLASSIFICATION OF | a candidate for congressman-at- large. This running for office may be a joke to the other fellow, but it's & serious proposition to the mat who's doing the running. SRy i Morse is improving in nealth since his pardon-—waich was expected. A pordon is amnizaiy 2o00i prusx'r.i.liinn for a sics maa in prisen, and many a poor fellow would like to try it Put the big doctor dovst'u trouble himself with that sort, PSRRI S Editor Frank Harris, of the Ocala Banner announces as a candidate for delegate to the Democratic Conven- tion., He is a safe and sane man to send, and one who may be depended upon to use his efforts for what seems best for the success of the party. We hope to see him elected to this posi- tion. - Hudson Burr seems to be going af- ter Frank Clark's scalp with the most cheerful alacrity, challenging him for a meeting on the stump, at which time he proposes to show, among a few other things, the *‘utter dmpotency of Clark's career as a servant of the people,” his “lack of initiative and accomplishment,” ete. Go it, bear! o it, daddy! — . The Kissimmee Gazette nominates C. H. B. Floyd, the Apalachicola ge- nius ,as a candidate for President, because he would send such interest- ing messages to Congress. A wider scope ofr Floyd's usefulness would be to have him made editor of the Con- gressional Record. We'd all enjoy reading that publication then, but statesmen who have succeeded in get- ting “leave to print” might find their eloquent and multitudinous remarks crowded out by the editor's com- ments. e — Friend came to us yesterday, smil- ing and glowing with self-approval. “Congratulate me, my boy,” he said; “I'm feeilng real chesty. I think I'm on the road to hecome an orator. I made a speech the other day, and for the first time in my life it sounded better than it was. Heretofore, all the speeches I have ever made have been much better than they sound- ed.” Thinking the matter over, we have decided that our friend is about correct. We have heard addresses by which the audiences were captivated, and listening and analyzing, we have thought “wouldn’t that speech be a disappointment in print!” But the “‘words, words,” and the orotund de- livery caught the crowd. We know some orators who can say “good morning” with the force and effect of a beendiction ,and the crowd feel that they ought to applaud. And then we have also heard some other man giving utterance to beautiful sentiments in language such as Shakespeare might have envied, and folks were yawning so that we feared £ome jaws would be dislocated. Tru- 1y, oratory is a great art. N - . «,+ 4% win zeecqw=is THE EVENING TELEGRAM LAR FLAND, FLA., FEBRUARY 12, 1912 THE LANDS OF FLORIDA Taking the pine lands of the State, the late Hon. B. E. McLin, Fiorida’s lamented commissioner of agricul- ture, divides them into three classes, and his department has proved by actual experiments that each class! is good. He says: “PFirst-class pine land in Florida is wholly unlike anything found in any other State. Its surface is usual- ly covered for several inches deep with a dark vegetable mold, beneath which to the depth of several fee. is a chocolate-colored sandy loam, mixed for the most part with lime- stone rock. The fertility and dura- bility of this character of land may be estimated from the well-known/| fact that in the older settled districts IS kind of soil has been cultivated | for as many as twenty years success- fully in corn or cotton without a/ pound of any sort of fertilizer, and are still as productive as ever; prac- tically, then, these lands are indes- tructible, It is on this class of lands that both truck and fruit growing is most successful, and which pro- duces the finest quality of Sea Is- land cotton. It is also fine farming land and yiclds good crops under or-| dinary methods of cultivation, By the growing of leguminous plants these soils and all other pine lands can be coutinually kept in a high state of fertility. The sccond-class pine lands, whil'L] make up the largest portion of l:mnls.} are practically all productive, 'l’hv_v; are not hilly, but for the most part! undulating in their surface. In some places, however, these elevations amount to hills, Some of these hills in Hernando county are regarded among the highest points in the State. Underlying the surface is clay ,marl, lime rock and sand. These lands, from their accessibility and productiveness, the facility of fertilizing with cattle penning and the impression of their greater healthfulness than hammock lands have induced their enclosure and till- tracts for naval stores and milling | QUGG purposes. Just here we feel that it is not out of place to sn'y a few words con- cerning the topography and influence of these lands on the health of the inhabitants. The general feature in the topography of Florida which no other country in the United States possess, and which affords great se- curity to the health of its inhabi- tants is that the pine lands which form the basis of the country, and which are almost unversally health- ful, are nearly everywhere studded, at intervals of a few miles, with hammock lands of the richest qual- ity., These hammocks are not as is generally supposed, low, wet lands; they never require ditching or drain- ing, they vary in extent from a few acres to many thousand acres, hence, the inhabitants have it everywhere in their power, when desired, to se- ject Yesidences in the pine lands, at such convenient distances from the hammocks as will enable them to cultivate the latter without en- dangering their health, if it should so happen that the hammock lands appeared to be less healthy than the pine lands.” Novel Use For Roses Because of the fact that several thousand Rambler rose bushes have been planted along its rails, a por- tion of the New Haven road's system between Providence and New York may be termed the *“Rose Route” to New York. The railroad officials state that the beautifying effect upon the cuts and banks owned by the company was rot the object when the roses were planted, but they are pleased with its effect in that line, nevertheless. The rose bushes were planted for the purpose of forming a “blanket” to catch and hold the dust which is ordinarily created by fast express trains. The experiment has. been made near the Apponaugh section in this State. Experts were consulted to deter- mine the kind of roses which would best serve the purpose, and Dorothy Perkins ramblers were chosen. Last fall one thousand and three hundred of these bushes were set out on the Apponaugh stretch on both sides of a rather deep and sandy cut. The age, when the richer hammock lands were near by, but more difficult to prepare for cultivation. Some of these lands have no regu- lar compact clay under them, or, at least, not in reach of plant roots. This fact is taken frequently as an evidence against them, since the popular prejudice is decidedly in fa- vor of a clay sub-sofl. This objec- tion, if it really be one, is taken for more than it is worth, for clay prop- er, or aluminum, as the chemists call it, is not food for plants. Its uses It serves as a reservoir for storage to the plant are purely mechanlul.’ of moisture in times of drought as|accepted and inserted in this column well as to hold firmly the roots of the |for one month or less for $5.00, or growing trunk, but not to feed the|Will be carried daily until date of hungry or thirsty plant. Even the lands of the “third rate,” or most inferior class, are by no means worthless under the climate of Florida. This class of lands may be divided into two orders: the one comprising high, rolling, sandy dis- tricts, which are sparsely covered with a stunted growth of “black jack” and pine, and near the lower cast coast, scrub hickory and gaul- berry shrubs. It is also on much similar soil along the east coast that the finest pineapples are produced; the other embracing low, flat swampy | regions, which are frequently stud- ded with “bay gauls,” and are oc- cassionally inundated, but which are covered with luxuriant vegetation, and very generally with considerable quantities of valuable timber. The former of these, it is now ascertain- ed, is well adapted to growth of Sisal Hemp, which is a valuable tropical production. This plant (the Agave Sisalana), and the Agave Mexican, also known as Maguey, the Pulqué Plant, the Century Plant, etc., have both been introduced into Florida, and they have both grown in great perfection on the poorest lands of the country. All these plants derive their chief support from the atmosplere they will, like the common air piant, preserve their vitality for many months when left out of the ground. The second order of the third-rate pine lands are not entirely worth- less, as these lands afford fine cattle| ranges and in some localities large' bushes were planted in three rows on the bank, running parallel to the rails. Each plant was placed in a hole about the size of a small tub, filled with loam, in order that the roots might have good earth to start in. At present the plants are growing in good fashion, and the roots have taken a firm hold in the sandy soil. ——————————————————————— [Political announcements will be clection for $10.00. This fee MUST be paid in advance.] FOR STATE SENATOR. To the Democratic Voters of Polk County: I beg to announce my candidacy for the office of State Senator from this district, subject to the action of the Democratic primaries, the date of which will be announced later. Respectfully, H. J. DRANE, FOR STATE SENATOR. To the Voters of Polk County: I hereby announce myself a candi- date for State Senator from Polk county. Having the will to serve the people’s best interests, I will use such ability as I possess in the ef- fort to do 80, should they entrust me with this commission. I respectfully solicit the support of all the voters. JOHN F. COX. FOR PROSECUTING ATTORNEY. I am a candidate for the office of Prosecuting Attorney for Polk county, and respectfully solicit the vote and support of the reader anda every democratic voter at the pri- mary election, April 30. I promise that if elected, I will devote my time and energy to the duties of the of- fice in prosecutions for the State. l Respecttully, EPPES TUCKER, JR. Kindred Lines, I will offer for a limited time in order To Close Out at Cost My Line of Buggies, Sur- ries, 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. McGLASHAN, Peacock Building, Opposite Jail The individual plants are about three or four feet apart. It is the plan to plant more bushes in other cuts. The idea is that the ! ramblers will send out shoots which will intertwine so as to form practi- cally a covering for the whole em- btankment. This “blanket” will ef- tectively hold the dust from rising into the air.—Boston Monitor. ATTENTION, MASONS! A regular communication of Lake- | o\ onng deposited as dues &72.00 “““" Lodge No. 91, f | ""d_"' M 0n ' Amount deducted for expenses 18.00 ) }onday, February 12, at 7:30, sharp. ! Amount of loan made by the Company sl Visiting brethren invited to be pres-: Amount of advance credit on loan T t. i e b Bdlance due Company, payable as per following table S .40 C. G. ARENDELL, Sec'y. HERRON THEATRE. Prof. Hemstreet Mind Reader and Hypnotist 2 Nights Feb. 14-1 15 & 25 cents Prices: 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 GIVE ME A CALL. 1 WILL APPRECIATE IT H. C. STEVENS LAKELAND, FLA Tabulated illustrations of a $1,000 loan made on coniv ot~ 1 are from six to twelve months old Purchase price of contract $6.00 1st 2nd 8rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 6 Mos. 912 yrs Total Int $248.90 Prin $946.00 $1194.90 Totulyrin& in. THE GUARANTEE INVESTMENT & LOAN COMPANY. Home Office, Third Floor Curry Bullding. Local and Ilerg Distance. PHONE 982. Baldueon(Int. 5 per|Prin year-Yearly to-[Montl Tt Years |loan each| cent on |ly at $8.30 year $946.00 846.00 746.40 647.20 547.60 448.00 848.40 248.80 149.20 49.60 nCOrpora! n the State of Kiorida. <] Repairing = OF ALL KINDS ON \ JEWELER R SRRy THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFE TIME To Get A Vehicle At Your Own Price Having determined to ~oncentrate my efforts on my Harness Business an " The Buggy and Harness Man WHY DON'T YOU OWX YOUR 0wy HOME? The lack of sufficient not delay you; we FURN MONEY, and on such o ive terms that even thos . salarjes can meet the Tabulated illustratio loan made cn contracis six to twelve months o! tal and In-Jprincion! bal per month| terest $99.60 [$146.90 99.60 141.92 99.60 136.94 99.60 131.96 99.60 126.98 99.60 122.00 99.60 117.02 99.60 112.04 i 99.60 107.06 ] 49.60 52.08 TAMPA, m—— S12.24 11.83 11.41 11.00 10,98 10.17 9.7 0.54 RO7 8,6% FLORDA