Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, April 9, 1912, Page 4

E FAGE FOUR fhe Evening Telegram , ————————————————————————— published every aiternoon from the ~entucky Building, Lakeland, Fla. Entered in the postoflice at Lake-. as mail matter of the 'and. Flori weeond cla M. F. HETHERINGTON, EDITOR. ———— A. J. HOLWORTHY Susiness and Circulation Manager. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One year .....eecseosees $5.00 Six months ........000 . 2.50 Three months ......... 1.25 Delivered anywhere within the limitz of the City of Lakeland for 10 cents a week, From the same office is issued THE LAKELAND NEWS a weckly newspaper giving a Te- sume of locul wmatters, crop condi- dons, county affairs, etc. Sent snywhere for $1.00 per year. ——————————————————— | e e ] If it is desired to vote for a “"South- orn man’ for president, Woodrow Wilson is the man. And he is the only Southern man who seems 1o have a reasonable show of winning if nominated. That electric sign for the new pas- senger station ought mnot be aban- loned. A little effort would get it, the expense would be so slight no- body would ever be aware of it. The Fort Myers Press suggests an association of the newspapers of south Florida. We heartily endorse the movement and trust the associa- tion can be brought about, The as- soclation might embrace, say, all pa- pers south of Sanford—of course, in- cluding the live wire of the Celery clty. s St Despite the fact that Park Tram- mell ha not the money to pour into ais campaign that some of his com- petitors have, he easily retains his lead in the gubernatorial race. The people are doing their own thinking te a greater extent than ever before, and are looking into the records and personalities of the candidates, Park Trammell can stand the limelight of inspection. The people recognize him as of and for them, and his election ag governor is an assured fact. Senator Duncan U, Fletcher is re- flecting credit upon himself and his State this week as the able presiding officer and one of the moving spirits of the great Southern Commercial Congress in session at Nashville. This is not a new role for Senator Fletch- er, however; he has made good wher- ever circumstances have placed him, and has never brought discredit upon his State—which is more than van be said of every man whom Flor- ida has sent to Congress, There is an appalling crop ot pa- triots sprouting now, and they'l ourst into full bloom the moment re- wrns show a Democratic presideni clected. The way they'll sacrifice cheir own inclinations and private ousiness in order to help run the country for four years will be posi- dvely inspiring. And—in Democratic president is elected— there won't be any trouble to find ‘original Woodrow Wilson men,” cither. case a The suggestion as to a Y. M. ¢, A, for Lakeland has met with much fa- vorable comment. A Minnesota gen- THE EVENING TELEGRAM LAKELAND, FLA., APRIL 9, 1912. |FACTS ABOUT PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF POLK COUNTY. l (Contributed.) | The following fucts about the pub- :lir schools of Polk county will be of linterest to all who read them, and lespecially to those who are being Imisled by the erroncous assumption [tiiat the rural schools are not receiv- ling “their equal share of time and |~ i money."” | The | { Ischools of Lakeland. white Fort enrollment in the Bartow, ;.\lv:ulv. Mulberry and Winter Hun»n}' tis 2,132, The total white enrollment iof the county is 4,726, The five ;svhools just mentioned lack only 131 of being one-half the total en- {rallment of the county. On an aver- |age, the high school teacher has from {three to five times as many pupils as the rural teacher, The schools of Bareah, 'Pond, Arbuckle, Raymond and Fus- pupils which require five ieachers. The monthly salaries of these five teachrs amount to $215. Let us multiply these fig- ures by seven and we have 448 pu- pils, 33 teachers and monthly sal- aries that amount to $1,505. The schools at Medulla, Kathleen, So- ferum, Homeland, Haskell and Win- ston have 470 pupils, and the month- ly salaries amount to §1,050. The first four grades in the Lakeland high school have enrolled 446 pupils and the monthly salaries amount to $540. Multiply the monthly salaries in each of these groups by six, the num- ber of months given to the senmior high schools, and we have, for the rural schools, the sum of $9,030; for the grammar and junior high schools, $6,300, and for the senior high school the sum of $3,240. The average cost per month per from these figures will be $3.35 ofr the rural schools, $2.45 for the gram- !nvar and junior high schools, and $1.21 for the senior high schools, On the basis of ‘‘equal time" the rural schools are now receiving about three times “‘their share of money" and on the basis of “equal money,"” they would, of course, be able to run their schools just one third of the time, ‘or two months, Green sell have enrolled 64 The intelligent reader will sce at u glance that it is impossible to give the rural schools an equal share of time and money as compared with the high schools, If you make the time equal the money is out of all proportion. If you make the money equal the time is out of all propor- tion. Should time and money be made equal, under present condi- tions, the salaries of rural teachers would be reduced from §$40 or $45 per month to about $16, or the time would be cut to about three months. The figures given above are taken from actual reports on file in the of- fice of the county superintendent, who will be only too glad to show them to anyone at any time, or to furnish any other information on file in his oflice. We firmly believe that that should the people of the county make themselves thoroughly quainted with the actual conditions of the schools of the county, they would readily sce that these condi- tions can be remedied in two ways, by concentration of rural schools and a just equalization of the tax assess- ment, ac- WHY THE RAZOR BACKS DASHED AROUND Traveling one day through Arkan- sas 4 wayfarer saw an unusual sight. 'ln a patch of woods beside the road he beheld a bunch ot razor-back hogs |llb thin as greyhounds, dashing hitli- er and yon. They would stop, listea and snift the air. Then they would dash madly away. This they repeat- 'eman favors us with a large num-!ed until the wayfarer was amazed. ner of clippings from the newspapers of his home town, showing the splen- lid results of the Y. M. C. A, there. Chere is no guestion as to the bene- ‘ts of such an institution, and the |{my woods,” sood and cnterprising people of this ommunity ought to get behind the! project and push it to a successful onsumniation {Driving along he met a thin, dis- couraged and depressed man hollow- eved and yellow with malaria. “Yes, them's my hogs and them's he answered when ques- “And the matter with ‘em is A month ago they wuz reason- tioned, this: ably fag and fed outen a log trough Would you have smieil weet with the your name myrrh of remem-! hrance and chime melodiously in the o 1 o noocultiviat d T ) bout an cxpeet roplane had all the popu! at town ouds on April 1.—Ocala Star. . deal of b .eugurated.—Wauchula Advocate. I the edge of the trees. Then 1 ketehed cold and lost my voice, At feedin ¢ 1 had to call ‘em by hit- tin® the h with a Just ae t) nsed to it a flock of wood- to them woods, and now s don’t do not Ir--nsns. it had pupil c. Quitea g ! ing iz being done at the | 1. Tomorrow or next day the !9 & By Binsy b : A g (&9 rabbernecking at the refrigerator car service will be in-| HOW JACKSONVILLE HAS | GROWN IN TEN YEARS. —— | In the past ten years over 10,040 permits have been issued in Jack- sonville for new buildings and im- provements., Bank clearings in 1911 were §145.- aou,000, against F12,750.048 D0 1900, Bank deposits increased from $2.- 250,000 in 1900 to $1N 102,000 in 1910, Banking capital surplus was $:.- 2IN in 19105 in "W00 it was oni) S650,000, Postoflice receipts were $86,838 in| 19005 in 1910, $400,619.94, ! 4 | In 1900 Jacksonville had, accord-; i ing to the U, S. census, 28,429 peo-! In 1910, according to the U. S. 57,699, Now, it has ple. about 73,000 people. Real property in Jacksonville was valued at § 73,160 in 1900, In 1910 the assessed valuation was 596,220, And the city limits were just the same, There were 18,15 miles of street railway track here 12 years ago; in 1910 the mileage had more than doubled, being 42.2. Reason: The development of suburban sections. The number of passengers carried yearly increased in that time from 3,500,000 to $13,828,904, Jacksonville is a solid town—but it is a hot-air town, too, for, behold the gas consumption figures: 36,500,- 000 cubic feet in 1900; 182,500,000 cubic feet in 1910. The number of meters installed in that period in- creased from 700 to 7,023, Jacksonville had 823 telephones in 1900. Ten years later the talk-sta- tions numbered 6,325. This is almost a ten-fold increase. The number of policemen increased from 46 to 96; the number of fire- nmen from 25 to 72. There were 41 miles of sewers in 1900; there are now 75 miles, Daily consumption (water) in (100, 2,135,882 gallons; daily con- |sumption in 1910, 3,409,592 gallons. The net earnings of its water works system, in 1910 were $93,000, against $37,999 ten years previously. The net earnings of the lighting system in 1900 were $26,417, in 1910 252,000.—The Industrial Index. BIG CONVENTION. iIs Being Held by Gypsy Tribes on the Outskirts of Buffalo. Buffalo, N. Y., April 9.—One of the most picturesque conventions ever held in Buffalo, and one which is giving the authorities some con- cern, is assembling on the outskirts of the city, It is a general meeting of Gypsies, and at daybreak today nearly 200 men, women and children, with 100 horses and twice as many dogs, had joined the camp. It is ex- pected that when the convention opens tomorrow this number will be doubled. The meeting is said to be tor the purpose of mapping out came paigns and dividing territory for the summer, \ Spring time and Easter is here, So is my complete stock of Spring Goods. For the Ladies and Children I have the nicest line ! : Piece Goods in all the leading colors. For this Season’s Styles my line of Laces, consisting of Vals. Linens and Clunies. is ¢ plete. Also Embrolderies in Swisses and Cambrics in all widths with the Bands to match is something fine. I am sure that you inspect this department you will agree with me that it is complete. Will appreciate your calls and will take pleasure in s« ing you. DD PDIOPIDODPDDOPFAHII DOV l\__,fl’ big shipment of \ soft sole shoes 3 for the babies, L ; 3 in ail colors. CINCINIAC: Sizes 0 4o 4 Yours trulv, J. C. OWENS AKELAND, FLORIDA L CEEE-E-R-F-R-R-R-X-R-R- - o o < COVTVOVONOGLRODO [Political announcements will be accepted and inserted in this column for one mouth or less for $5.00, or will be carried daily until date of election for $1¢.00. This fee MUST be paid in advanc..] FOR STATE SENATOR. To the Democratic Voters of Polk County: 1 beg to announce my candidacy for the office of State Seuator 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. Te 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, 1 will use such ability as I possess in the ef- fort to do so, should they entrust me with this commission. I respectfully solicit the support of all the voters. JOHN F. COX. l l FOR MEMBER COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. The friends of Mr. J. C. Owens have gained his consent to offer for member of Board of Public Instruc- tion, and present his name to the voters of this district, subject to the Democratic primary of April 30, and ask all voters to give him their sup- port. 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- 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. Respectfully, 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. If elected I prom- ise to discharge all duties of the office faithfully and to the best of my ability. HENRY J. LEWIS. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER. The friends of Mr. N. A. Riggins, believing him to be a most desirable man to fill the important office of County Commissioner, present his name for the consideration of the convince yourself, Brown's 5Stars and May Man- tons for Ladies Brown's 5 Star Steadfast and Biltrite rMen \[Just received a sell the Vote For BRAXTON FOR CONGRESSMAN-AT-LARGE Extracts from His Platform: Material Federal Aid for Hard Roads in the Several t.: . More Money Appropriated for Navigable Streams. There is no way that the people of the interior can rccoiv rect benefits from the millions appropriated annually by the ment, except an appropriation for hard roads. voters, and solicit their support for 'county commissioner, and i . him at the coming primary. 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 him to all the voters of the county, assuring them that they will make no mistake in casting their vote for (X) J. C. BROWN. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER. I hereby announce myself as a candidate fbr the office of County Commissioner from the Fifth Dis- trict of Polk County. If elected will fill said office to the best of my abil-| _ ity, treating all parts and all the people of said district alike. Thank- ing all who support me in advance in the primary of April 30, 1912, 8. JOSEPH HENNECY. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER. I am a candidate in the approach- ing primary for nomination for e e e e e e s S - =T Men's and Boys' Spring Clothing is now in demand for Easter and this warm weather and ! have it to fill that demand. For Men I sell the famous I. & S. Bing and the Sellwell Braui: nothing better. In these Brands I am showing some fine Suits and Pants in Mohairs and W steds, unlined Coats, and above all can fit any size man or any shape. Take a peep at them Mothers, bring those Boys and have them fitted up properly with a nice little Suit of Wors' or Serge in Fancy or Solid Color. You will be pleased, so will the Boy. A SHOE!_ N1k - § i mous f | ; for men and | 4 Pu e Mo i \ a £ women. Thev § od rest by being £itted are scamless! ¢ I handle - - . S RESOLVED THAT | HAVE Fout: THATS COMFORTABLE AND MANDSOME 7o' | AND STRONG; IT SIMPLY WONT WEAR:0 A SHOE YOU ALL HAVE HEARD AB0UT ‘| aND NOW ’u‘u. TELL YOU WHAT 0 DO, JusT "ASK FOR * BUSTER BROWX BLUE ' RIBBON SHOES R ILLNEVERBE X @) BAD BOY AGAIA. - G JUT T ‘J”{Tfl‘:snumqm ot L T Famous Larine Corsets. BEACHAM ne any Govet I shall endeavor to m.t charge every duty faitify honestly involved upon m- this method of solicitinz @ of District No. 5 of Pulk EJ YATES, FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, The friends of Mr. T. . 1l lir4 feeling that he h = i.i efficiently performed th County Commissioner fio: No. 5, and being d. curing a continuance uable services in that ¢ nounce him as a can¢ election, and urge al terested In good roads administration of coun: give him their votes I hereby announce n for the office of Circuit ! county, subject to th. Democratic primary ask your support promise an eflicient i istration of the offi L. & M nd { ~v A ATS S ¥, & '|I _