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PAGES PRESSIONS OF JUCKY VISITOR INTATIVE OF THE BLUE ¢ STATE PLEASED WITH AND AND THIS SECTION. e potty, who is spending l.akeland, being domi- iast Ook street, writes ¢ back In Kentucky his ¢ (his city and section, pleased to reproduce an intelligent and! 1 ..' < ol beerver: Lp my pen to writyy W oand vicinity \\'illg ! sce them and what d by responsible | rested in selling real statements are very | here let me state invest in! proceed And s to 4 better lands will do for 2rowy nt truck | « lunds are not suit-! ., | “roves. | much for Lake-| remains for man | put on the Jinishin.' good things of | together here, and th«\’ ite may be enjo)edl ant to live on the it it is u well-known fact ¢ interior of the State on ac- J the altitude and compara- is more nee of moisture, 1) than the sea shore. Dotted all about over the land- pe are those beautiful fresh water e, and they afford fine ‘fishing pewhat better than the Licking er dovs at the Berry dam, it is no common sight to see as many as i fish caught in three or four urs time. lLake Parker where st of the fishing is done is seven les long und three miles wide, th oranze groves, banana trees d strawherry flelds lining the nks, paints a picture on the mem- v of those who see it which wil! tbe forzotten. The best crops are jivd Lere while the great body of roonntry is wrapped in snow and an work almost every day tprovided he wants too), nothing to prevent, ex- { Lakeland are cos- | Liaracter, nearly «-\or,\"' I tion being represent- no saloons, and | community is ould be desired, The| tter observed here place 1 have my a loat of breal all busines: I exeept hotels s of every de nomi- | stoand Methodist ne liouses of - wor- t preachers who de- Fraternal orders of ary ol the cever EIGHTY-FIVE KILLED | COL. GEO. C. MARTIN TO SPEAK HERE TONIGHT. Col. George C. Martin, of Brooks- ville, candidate for Congressman-at- large, will address the citizens of Lakeland and vicinity at the corner of Main street and Kentucky avenue, | at 8 o'clock tonight. Col. Martin is one of the State's most distinguished Democrats, and is a pleasing and eloquent speaker. A cordial invitation is extended to all to come out and hear him. We are sure he will entertain and interest his audience, IN MINE EXPLOSION . | Assoviated Press.) s (By Fort Smith, Ark., March 20 -\! | {:‘.-].-phwuo messaze says that th Sandboiscal Cos mine at McCurtain, Gkla., was blown up hy and is How fire. Lighty-five men theught to be dead. The fire and smoke from entering the the and up to late crucon only one hody was found, wis S0 badly mutilated that 1t ll hope is Lield ont for the others, Res- cue apparatus, doctors and nurse- | have been rushed to the scene, HEN on ar provented any one mitie to res- men, this :n'- CAUGHT SMUGGLING, WOMAN SUICIDED (By Associated Press.) New York, March 20.—Mrs. Blanche €arson, of San Francisco, ar- rested here for trying to smuggle several thousand dollars’ worth of pearls from India hanged herself from a hotel window early today. She was socially prominent in San Francisco. She was about 50 years old. —_— MRS. GRACE GIVEN FREEDOM ON $7,500 BAIL. (By Associated Press.) Atlanta, March 20.—Securing her freedom on a bail of $7,500, Mrs. Daisy Opie Grace, who has been held for the past week in jail charged with the attempted murder of her is today well on her way to Phila- delphia, accompanied to that city by one of her attorneys. It is not known | why the trip to Philadelphia is made. | Grace's condition continues very . | Bl rions TROUBLE AHEAD FOR THE "PUBLICANS iated Press.) Fifty \s March (Dy =0 thou- Na- nex ¢ hicag 2 and women will march on the ional 0, Republican convention k the party to endorse 1o H Lised ook ; d h%‘ th::v.\lu.%n-‘. qual ae, if plans formudated by ). W, ete. The tow Uihe suffraze clubs are carried out tterworks and elec- vhich gives the| cQrTe DI g Mie telephon CENSUS ZUREAU'S REPORT i et R ON COTTON CROP folks in Harriso® (Hy Aexo ed Pr ) 1), There are X X 1 vsides boardine ' . : ot C (AN ] ds of 5 e Runni £ banks tha | 2 lse ( Grovery - Ia , Saw i : i 18 v \ nd every 21 b - g AUC. Lol R S0 another road 1/ - -= a0y 5 1‘, ain is baild- - s ¢ € town, which \\m traffic. well ¢ the resented 12 more people here | than any State inl The editor of the Even-| Lakeland's daily| tuckian and is doing| iild the town 0n°. “f.a‘ I will menuon x~, _a“‘ that requires exerv] Tl under sixteen to be off before eight o'clock. towns, %l e UF estimation one of the | “howdy.” - "9¢¥ have and should be Kentucky and promise them some ¢ 10 some of our Ken-|more fish stories when I see them « |again in the dear old Kentucky ‘0se this letter by saying|home. KICKING ROOSEVELT'S AT AROUND (By Associated Press. Fargo, N. D., March lette leads Roosevelt by more thirteen thousand votes in the presis dential primary held yest erday, ar-l cording to partial returns ————— to all my friends in old LaFol- than 24 .- JOHN C. PETTY. with the umm, FLORIDA, KNOX ATTEMPTED DYNAMITE BOMBS PLACED ON RAILROAD TRAVELED BY ! AMERICAN SECRETARY. I | (By Associated Press.) New Orleans, March 20.—Thirteen dynamite bombs were found beneath the roadbed of the railroad over which Secretary Knox's train trav- eled from Corinto to Managua, Nica- ragua. The men alleged to be re- sponsible for the conspiracy against the life of the American Secretary of State are in prison and probably will \ Forty members of the ooexecuted. “Liberats™ are involved, The fail- ure to kil Secrctary Knox is prob- ably due to bad batiery connections bombs, or which to the approach the dizcovered | suards preceded The bombs the wWere he train had passed, 'BALDWIN HAS A MURDER MYSTERY Jacksonville, March 20, -The sec- ond mystery to develop at Baldwin, a station twenty miles west of here on the Seaboard Air Line railway with- in the past week, occurred here yes- terday when the decomposed body of a man, who is supposed to be George J. Thompson, of New York, was dis- covered partially buried in the mud about a mile north of Baldwin, The body was discovered by some woods- men, who at once notified Sheriff Bowden, of this city. He went at once to the scene, and in the dead man's pockets found receipts issues to George J. Thompson, of New York city. As this party has been missing since Jan. 24, there is no doubt but that this is the man’s name. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson came to Jacksonville in January going from here to St. Augustine. Mr, Thomp- son left his wife on the street the day they arrived there saying he was going back to the hotel a moment. That was the last time his wife ever saw him. She searched diligently for | | e { | | {husband. left Atlanta last night and[him but to no avail, and returned to her home in New York. How he reached Baldwin and how he met his death is a mystery, which will prob- tably never be solved, | BAPTIST MINISTER FIGURED IN ATTEMPTED HOLLUP. Gainesville, March 2o, - Rev, ). yr, pastor of the First Baptist church, 1 oan exciting expericnch on Sunday nizht about 9:30 o'clock regular evening servi Cloar started upon Ator thy at his church Rev, ion o feharity to North Gaines cmployed the of i Landsome horse to make the journey When nearing the point where Bonn- street the Tampa (& the minister form of a man standinz ville an use dary CrOsses <onville railroad od the | | | | | cshock to the community, [is one Published in the Best Town in the Best Part of the Best State. 12 PAGES WEDNESDAY, luncn 20 1912, ASSASSINATION OF|BOLD BANDITS HOLD UP TRAIN BERS IN MISSISSIPPI SWAMPS. (By Associated Press.) Corinth, Miss.,, March 20.—-Sherifi McPeters, with a posse, started early today for five or more bandits, who help up the Mobile and Ohio passen- gen train No. 4 seven miles south of this place this morning. The men disappeared in the thick woods of the bottoms, an ideal place for conceal- ment. So ditlicult pected to be that bloodheunds have been set on the trail. that § the s is the chase ex- Reports are HL000 in cash was taken from The pas- cin the express car, sengers were unmolested Pandits Got Little Booty. Mobhile, Ala,, March 20, The lo- ettt of the Southern Express o, s the robbers ot less tha but little money was e e train, INTEREST INCREASES IN METHODIST REVIVAL Interest im-n-n«h in the revival at the Methodist church, The attend- ance last night was considerably larger than any former week night, and the interest was excellent. Mr. Norton preached a soul-stirring ser- mon on repentance, laying down the needs and conditions of repentance. At the close of the sermon thero was | ¢iERers, 1| explosion, said to have been caused u considerable demonstration and the people went home much encour- aged in the hope of a sweeping re- vival. The preaching of Mr. grows in fervor and strength, i8 recognized as a strong evangelistic preacher, and his work in Lakeland is telling. The thermometer of the mecting and its progress is the singing. this be true the church was rather Norton cold at first, but one can but mark["" the lively manner in which this fea- ture of the meeting has improved. The singing last night was full of |1a¥ of life, and was participated in by al- most every one present, Services as usunl at ! T and 7:1 At 5 there will be a song service which will for half an hour, after which Norton will preach, A cordial invitation is extended cverybody to all services, and all who re requested to take a seat near piano. last ar, to ing 'JOHN T. FULLER DIES SUDDENLY AT ORLANDO The news o John T Faller throngh the Orlando, March the sudden death of that spread rapidly cine city preat Fualler a Mr, and sunday morning, us the wealthiest most of <5 men of Orlando, heing member the real estato fivm of Fulier & Giles and the heaviest bearing orant prominent a ol 0Nl of the s o the state. Nire Fuller has knows de a teleplione pole bt he R - A o tary months thot valvalar heart ! trovtble wonld take him off any day for m one other tha ith lity \ I \ | Cloar w , ¢ Ned his wite at 1 o'clock Saturda passing the man b vid, 1 TR : 1 front of the horse an ' " " Throw up L \ Fuller was o1 cof T ro( Ve W Y leame here about ten vear " p ‘ P 1 s . u : i X survived by two o negre mp rd him, "'_ son of a former marringe, who now v on Ly » Whereupon thefyiea jn New York city and two smal : f ) e a lunge, WHIY danghters by his present wife, ) y ¥ ro gettng hiSiis a plece of J. L. Gile Clifford 1 the . uj uctn Fuller the son, arrived last ni hv 1 The animal ridden by the minisier attend his father’ funcral w pirited and before he could be 1 15 some d nee from thejon Lucerne Cirel be robber, and when Mr. ¢ mcr| s — ImyL d for ].uu he was making tracks RLS. HE HA ' . opposite direction. However, Gl RES YOUR CHANCE! L: was ziven a sharp whack over the head with an umbrella which Mr.| !Cloar carried, the lick having been| administered as the horse passed the | negro. A Chicago judge has decided 1ha~| a man is not obliged to pay for the meals his wife eats in jail. This gives us an idea how to solve the high-cost-of-living problem. Why not send the whole family to jail?—Ex. |TAX ASSESSOR LANCASTER POSSES ON m HUNT FOR ROB. | Pos¢ of meeting the taxpayers and RAFFLES STILL wmm ABOUT ., | { Marion Smith, of Hutchin-on, Kan., | finds himself in @ position where h raust either a woman named Mary or eng marry age | tormation HERE ALL THIS WEEK. Tax Assessor J. Harris Lancaster is in Lakeland this week for the pur-, getting their property correctly list- ed and valued. He has an office in' the rear of the First National bank and he will be pleased to meet all izens there and give them ev- he ¢ ery ance in getting their prop- crty properly placed on the tax books of the county. MINE OWNERS AND WORKERS CONFERRING (By Associated I'ress.) Cleveland, 0., March 20, With each side declaring it would not vield to the other, representatives ol and mine own- Ohio, w the soft coal miners s of western Pennsylvania, Hlinois and Indiana mot today wWopt 4 working agreement, to dat: from April 1. The miners wang more money, and the owners desire to de- crease wiaees, as they say the busi- ness does not justify the present high Wit WOMEN AND CHILDRED KILLED BY CAVE IN (By Associated Press.) Scranton, Pa., March 20.-—Two women and seven children all for- were killed today by a gas by a cave-in, due to coal being mined under the village of Dunmore, near here. He|POLK COUNTY VEGETABLES GOING FORWARD. D. W. Grider, the freight agent of the A. . L. informs us that within It the past two weeks he has shipped sixteen solid cars of vegetables and anges. Percy Welch of the South- ern Express (o, states that they are shippins on an average of a car a vegetables and oranges com- bined. — 1 rtow Courier-Informant Rev. . W, Heffner, of Palmyra, in the conrse of his first year as pastor of the Evangelical chureh, fraveled 2, 1,004 pastoral vis preached sermong, made ceived 12 new members, held 9 funerals, s amd wedded 1 conples 12 conversions, re- Ted 10 pray- hap- oromeeti tized T perse MINERS T0 STOP WORK APRIL 18TH A Cleveland, Lundied tern Pennsylvania, Ohio Michizan April ) the b owner. ociated Press.) March 2o, thousand By Wi miners ol W Hlinois will announced today and stop work Wils pending recment the but only « of a4 new @ the and not miners he toppage, wWeen " Cmporary s will a strike, EJTH NEGLLCTED. Ihiere | ! man who e " ] Wil Atter ' wer nh ripti hiots) ciditn d tn emark 1 1 v number o od mor | | int , not tention leserye Saniord Il The Dade county fair was pro- nounced a grand snece THREE ARE l(lll[l) Associated Press.) (By Wadesborn, N. €., March 20 Ma- rian Little, aged 21; Lora Little, 23, and Virginia Covington, 3, weré in costly litization killed, and Mrs. James Covington, Sr., lir. order to secure legal title to some the baby's grandmother, was injured real estate which he bought a short| When a drug store collapsed here to- time ago. By mistake the deed, when €ay. he made the purchase, was made out tn Mary Smith instead of Marion Smith. land and he can't pass title bec:use'Selgh. it is in Mary Smith’s name. Thieves smashed a large plate glass Now he wants to sell thel window in the store of Palmer & and stole three suits of slothes and three shirts. LOCAL SLEUTHS | | | | { § STILL PUZZLED | TOWN, INVITING FOLKS TO ; TAKE THAT $10. o Raffles is stil] causing quite a dis- z turbance in l.akeland, everybody is 4 wondering who he is and where he . .! is, and although many have him "I |“spotted,” he has thus far eluded all 2! the sleuths in town. Last nizht his ' eves were thrown on the screen at i the Edisonia, and he became excited, i ; and went up and told the operator : | to not show them any more as they ‘k | were too plain, - Why the operator :i didn’t cateh him is more than some ' tolks can understand, Mr. Ratlles is i: apparently not feeling vory well, as i ' Le be o his detier today by coms | is plaini because some people have :' wistaken R, P Beooks Tor him, e ' starts off by sayinge: ) (B “f wish the people of Lakeland to [ ! understand that 1, Ratiles, am not Mr, ! Procks. | ean stand tor lots of things, % but there is a limit, 1 heard a mau Tkt ] tulking to Mr. Brooks yesterday, and ' ':3‘ ) miles by buggy, made of That about No. 118, they were in a warm argument about who was Mr. Rafles. This man was s0 sure that Mr. Brooks was Raffles that he wanted to get up a bet, Catch everybody else except Mr. Brooks, and you stand a chance to get the i right man. “1 did not take the auto ride yes- terday, as advertised, on account of a severe headache, but to *“make good,” 1 will be at the store of W, P. Pillans & Co. Thursday afternoon Letween 5 and 6 o'clock. Every lady who visits this store between these { hours will be given a ticket on en- { tering the door, which will be good il on a Diamond (C.) ham to be given away by this firm, Now let's have a big crowd out. I can get in the store much easier if there is a crowd. 4 I was in the Edisonia last night and saw several well known peopla of the city, among the number being Mr. Jos. LeVay, A. 8. J. McKenney, Judge Tucker and wife Fern Roque- more, K. H. Youngs, and an auburn haired man who | learned was Mr, Weeks, who | learn has a nice grocery i store on Florida avenue, 1 was glad that Mrs. Kress won the clock, This morning 1 stopped in the store 1. W. Chiles & Son, and was talk- ing to his son Olin, the hustlins man- ) i ager of the establishment, Those ? 1 h shirtwaists he lad on sale yesierday | I woere almost all gone, but there were ‘ encizh lert with what arvived tiis ! motaineg, to ean o sale Thureday and ,E i Friday, and lets adl come down and " buy on I'm 2oing to get me one, 1| ‘ Prives are still at the low lizure of 4 l P and W oeend You can find prices :‘ f always right at this store, il sonie- ‘3 ,; timies yon might find me there, too, “'l Phoce tancy nmbretias he has on dis- ‘::y play are some class. D housht @ nice i ‘:_‘ i1 pair of shoes from thi e, il h »h pave the clerk a &5 hill bat o was l.i l ealled back o gel the $1.50 in l ‘ e. 1 wa i sneh n ‘: i wreain, Gt wise | od i { J | olie mad Yo ¢ | mni { g line of shio i i made cloth- | { ; ! dryzonl I n ! l ! 3 I " ' ;i i | l i ¥ | A : h ¢ H et : i M " 3 ; i l 1 e, R} | i ' 1l "y il 1 bt on Mr »': ’ fown ¥ AR firm L & I Chicago. W\ ance of our H ’ friend, Jos, Jeave town { ] with his =i 3 :‘ I was in the jewelry store of H. € ”¥ Stevens this morning to set my wateh 1§41 it conld not tarry long as Mr. Os- ., ! ; teen had his eve on me. You know I 1 am suspicious of everybody, anyg . ; ‘ way, and Mr. Osteen Jooked like he I got a peep at the ssorted line of scarf pins [ have seen in a long while, 1 will try to get in there this afternoon about recognized me nicest et e gt s il s e e PR — - 1 p. m. and purchase one. [ have H i been informed that Mr. Stevens han- { i dles only the best goods on the mar- . | f ‘ ket. I know the prices are right by E. ‘ { (Continued on Page 9.)