Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, March 1, 1912, Page 4

PAGE FOUR The Evening Telegram FPublished every afterncon from the Kentucky Building, Lakeland, Fla. Entered in the postofice at Lake- 1:nd, Florida, as mail matter of the s-cond class. s IR e N e S S Sy . F. HETHERINGTON, EDITOR. A. J. HOLWORTHY tvusiness and Circulation Manager. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: I One year ..............$5.00 | Six months 2.50 | Three months 1.25 Delivered anywhere within the limits of the City of Lakeland for 10 cents a week, [ N From the same office is issued THE LAKELAND NEWS a weekly newspaper giving a re- ame of local matters, crop condi- tions, county affairs, etc. Sent snywhere for $1.00 per year. -# fne cominission government mat- wr will be decided by St. Peters- vurg on March . There are over a million acres ol lund in Polk county, of which only 18,720 are under cultivation. Basing its claims on a new direc- tory, Tampa figures it out that she has nearly 60,000 population. Will Allen White says there are cnly ten able editors in America. Pshaw—there are twice that many in Florida alone. The two precincts comprising the city of Lakeland and adjacent terri- tary (heretofore included in the one Enthusiasm for For Good Roads (Continued from page 1.) home of Mr. N. H. Davis, thence south on the section line two and three-quarter miles to the old Mur- riel grove, thence east past the Lakeland Highlands Country Club, three miles to connect with the Lake- land-Bartow road at Haskell sta- tion. Those present at the meeting were: (Commissioner T. F. Holbrook. Sheriff Logan, Judge Preston, Post- master Skipper, Charles H. Walker, of Bartow, Mr. and Mrs. G. W, Car- ter, Dr. and Mrs. R, R. Sullivan, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Pratt, Managers of the Lakeland Highlands Country Club, Mr. and Mrs. G. \V. English, My, and Mrs. H. D. Mendenhall, Miss Summerlin, Mrs. Knudsen, Mr. and Mrs. W, F. Hallam, Mrs. Pau- line Miller, Mr. and Mrs. H. Root. J. L. McClelland, €. W. Deen, H. J. Drane, W. 1. Monk, C. M. Clayton, Col. J. 8. Edwards, W. D. McRae, Mr. Gwinn, J. D. Pollock, W. H.| Criffin, J. E. Melton, Douglas Pratt, lor, Franklin E. Develle, Pratt and A. J. Holworthy. MR. HUFFAKER QUESTIONS the Evening Telegram of February R SCHOOL BOYS AND CIGARETTES.| Every mother—at least every nor- mal mother—as_she stands in the door and watches her boy away on kis first morning to school, has a vis- ivn of what she would like him to be, and makes a prayer ir her heart that in the coming years he may have lealth and character and success. And the teacher—if she be an’ carnest teacher—as she looks that tirst morning into the searching, wondering eyes of that boy, must ut- ter a prayer in her heart that he grow up wise and good and useful. and the lawmaker in the legisla- tive chamber as he votes halt the entire revenue of his state for the 1ree education of the youths, or champions some law (o guard and protect them trom evil, must have 2 mrotound desire in his heart that that boy grow into a self-supporting, law-abiding, patriotic citizen, All these wishes are one. The bus- iizess man, the law-maker, the doc- tor, the teacher, the preacher, the tather—above all the mother—are wishing for the boy the self-same thing—that he be strong and clean Mercer, W. A. Womble, Dr. J. D,jand successful. It is this wish in the hearts of all S. K. Bachelor, Ward Pender, Mr.|the world who care for the boyhood Williams, Mr. Winthrow, Tom Tay-|of today and the manhood of tomor- Douglas [ rcw that is making them bitter ene- mies of the cigarette. The war on the cigarette habit is not the mere clamor of professional agitators—A sentimental outbreak of | date for State Senator MR. TUCKER'S CLAIMS reform impulse; but a cool, dispas- sionate, vital struggle for the very sditor Telegram: In the issue of |budy and brain and soul of the body. In 1903 the State of Missouri en- for Mr. Eppes Tucker, Jr., for de-| jgarette material to any boy under fending a suit in the interest of the! 14 1, 1909 that law was strength- precinct No, 10) could easily muster 1,000 voters if men would value their citizenship sufliciently to qualify. Statistics show that fewer people commit suicide in Florida than in any other state. \Why not? The chances of going to a better country are, indeed, problematic, while there is 50 much here to live for that one is loth to fly even to joys we know not of. The perennial discussion of the nuisance of crowing roosters at night is going on over at Petersburg. Our conclusion, based on personal experience, is that people with good consciences are seldom annoyed by roosters at night. Occasionally they may wake up the roosters by a scund resembling that of fawing sourds, and then the roosters crow in retaliation. The economic loss to the world of over a million workers, who are now on a strike in the British islands, is a calamity appalling to contem- plate. Worse still is the suffering that must inevitably come from the idleness of these people very few of whom have anything laid by for thé rainy day. It does seem that there ought to be some middle ground be- tween the exactions of labor, which are not always reasonable, and the oppression of capital, which is most frequently at fault. The English government, we note, is about to take the matter in hand by passing laws that will define the minimum wage to be paid workers in certain occupations. We trust some speedy and equitable adjustment of this great trouble will be arrived at. Correct spelling seems to be almost a lost art. High school students can talk learnedly upon physics, botany and civies, but they fall short on spelling. Almost every business man knows that it is excedingly difficult to get clerks who spell even the com- monest words correctly. Prof. Beall, of the Kansas State Agricultural Col- lege, has been making some investi- zations, and he found that 92 out of the 112 high school students who were tested in their spelling failed to spell “villain” correctly, and that 117 scholars from the eighth grade to the sophomore year in college made an average grade of only 82 ir spelling simple words taken from the fifth reader used in the Kansas puh- iic schools, and that even the teach- ¢=s made bat %5. There is no reacon to believe that conditions are better in the high schools of other States. That being so it migit be well to revive the old-time popular spelling| wanted to see him rise from the bee.—Gainesville Sun educational interests of the State. |.yed by another making it a ten dol- This is news of great importance, l.f lar fine for any boy to smoke cigar- Itrue, but before joining Mr. Tuck-|ottes in any public place, on any er's admirer in his laudations, let|yo.q or street, in any business house us see just what credit Mr. Tucker |y place of amusement. And Missouri is entitled to. legislatures are not given to reform The suit in question was brought|legislation, In fact an evil must be THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFE TIME To Get A Vehicle At Your Own.Price Having determined to ~oncentrate my efforts on my Harness Business ang 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 {r business or pleasure, now is your time. McGLASHAN, Peacock Building. Opposite Jail """ FOR STATE SENATOR. — To the Voters of Polk County: I hereby announce myself a candi- from Polk county. Having the will to serve the people’s best interests, 1 will use such ability as I possess in the ef- fort to do so, should they entrust me 2%, there appears an article by MT.|acted u law making it a hundred dol- | With this commission. I respecttully E. Lufsey, claiming great credit{jar fine to sell or give cigarettes or solicit the support'ol 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 and every democratic voter at the pri- by Mr. Brown, of Lakeland, purely |very apparent and the sentiment to test the legality of the bond issue | against it very strong and permanent ¢f Lakeland for school purposes, the|before the Missouri assembly will un- constitutionality of said issue having|dcrtake to curtail the citizen's “he- been brought in question. The suit)reditary” right to be as cussed as he was a friendly one, and the real work |wants to be. was done by Mr. H. K. Oliphant,| Kansas has a law prohibiting the the regular attorney for the Polk|gale of cigarettes in any form to any- County Board of Public Instruction. | hody, Almost every state in the Un- And [ am reliably informed that ., hag some form of anti-cigarette what work was done on the other|j,w designed to protect the boy from side of the suit was done by Mr. |the evil. Eppes Tucker, Sr. As for Mr. EPDeS |\ peang ail this legislation? Tucker, Jr., volunteering to defend the suit, was he not at that time the SNy WL CIEMUA SHINARE 18 SN v expensive and offensive habit? Eat- city attorney for Lakeland? And|. d d was it not his Quty to defend the 155 Sy SOVIA NRGDD SRIYINY Ak sttt worms in the pocket is a disagreeable > habit, but there are no laws prohibit- Mr. Lufsey says: “The case result-{ing the boys from these. ed in bringing about an act of the Legislature submitting a constitu- ional amendment to be voted upon this year proving that municipali- ties may issue bonds for school pur-| poses.” This is indeed news, if true. No such amendment was adopted, and no such amendment will be sub- mitted to the voters at the coming election. An amendment to the Con- stitution allowing special tax school districts to issue bonds for school purposes will be voted upon. (See won any athletic contest. House Joint Resolution No. 76, page| It is absolutely impossible for a 924, Laws of Florida, 1911,) But|cigarette-smoking boy to grow into there is no earthly connection be- [healthy manhood. tween the suit of Brown vs. Lake-| Dr. Morgan Clint in discussing the land and the submission of this pro- ! physiological effects of tobacco in pcsed amendment. The real friends | general sgys: “In the anemic, pasty 0° education have been urging this|complexioned, undersized weakling change in the Constitution for years. |called a ‘cigarette fiend’ we see the It Mr. Lufsey can show where Mr. |€ffect of tobacco at its worst."— Tucker has ever rendered any real|'Wililam H. Hamby. service to the cause of education, I will certainly join in giving the gentleman credit. DGO ' R. B. HUFFAKER. POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS [Political announcements will be accepted and inserted in this column for one month or less for $5.00, or will be carried daily until date of election for $10.00. This fee MUST be paid in advance.] FOR STATE SENATOR. No, it is not a mere matter of taste. We can pass over a dozen unpleasan: traits and disagreeable habits in the boy—we have to—if only they do not seriously injure him. But the fight is on against the cigarette be- cause it is a deadly enemy to that supreme wish for the boy—that he be strong and clean and successful. He can not be strong and use it. No habitual cigarette smoker ever Ignorance, superstition and fa- raticism usually go together, and we have in this country many in- stances of the sad results of such a combination. Those so-called relig- ious cults in which a blind adier- ence to one man on the part of ad- herents is demanded and given usu- ally ends in disaster to morals and the shattering of homes. But per- haps the most startling case in re- cent years of this admixture is re- ported from Russia, where in one community thirty or more women at- tempted to crucify a man because they were sure he was Christ and 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. Respecttully, = i H. J. DRANE. \ dead.—Exchange. mary election, Aprfl 30. I promiae that if elected, I will devote my time and energy to the duties of the of- fice in prosecutions for the State. Respecttully, ] EPPES TUCKER, JR. FOR TAX COLLECTOR. I hereby announce myself a candi- date for the office of Tax Collector of Polk county, subject to the Demo- cratic Primaries. It elected I prom- 1se to discharge all duties of the office faithfully and to the best of my ability. HENRY J. LEWIS. Lakeland, @ A full line of Jewelery, Silver- ware and Cut Class always on hand for you to select from. . FOR REPRESENTATIVE. The friends of J. C. Brown hereby announce his candidacy for member of the State Legislature from Polk county. They know Mr. Brown’'s worth and efficiency, and recommend kim to all the voters of the county, assuring them that they will make ro mistake in casting their vote for (X) J. C. BROWN. Summer or Winter Weather Is all the same at the roller rink; best ventilated and coziest hall in town; come, spend an afternoon or night. We take especially good care of the children. Open to ladies and gentle- men. Admission free. Skates to la- dies, 15c; skates to gentlemen, 25c. We also give instruction. always welcome. Lakeland Skating Rink You are Stra It is strange how a man who sits for hours doubled over a touring car steering wheel will strain his back f he handles a shovel for five minutes. , W H. C. STEVENS JEWELER @ Our Repair Depiflment is the best. [Each piece of work done promptly and carefully and ALWAYS GUARANTEED The Buggy and Harness Man J.B.DEREE IV, CARROL NO T_I‘!C E Cleaning and dying is the } we do, We do it so wcis *.t your g ments scem I We take your suit ‘. filled with sta'z, And return it to you a new sl ) and 1l again. S0 remember one thing and bear in mind That in cleaning and dying, excel in this line, We will call for your clothes azd 4 liver them, too, Without any worry or trouble DeREE & CARI PHONE No. 287 Sun Fatal to Monkeys. In Manila some monkeys weré posed to the sunshine and died 1 about 76 minutes, but other motk under the shade of an umb:ella set8 the sun were unhurt. — Florida ——— (@ The largest and most com* plete 1inec of Watches ever brought to Lakes land now on dis* play. —_—