Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, April 12, 1912, Page 8

8 e PGy I e — R R R R R RO O ORI rm——————— L FOR SALE—Three good milk cows. Apply to E. D. Fenton. 1tp. For Sale—Horse, wagon and har- aess. Apply to C. F. Brush, or write Box 426. 2-18-t¢ General Team Work—Furniture and piano moving. Call 'phone 289. W. E. Tyler. 1-23-tf FOR SALE—At a bargzin: Smith Premier typewriter; new. Can be secn at News office, upstairs. 3-190. k. Good board, pleasant rooms, fine cooking, large porches and lawn, $1 per day, $5 per week. 411 New York avenue; 'phone 326. FOR SALE—Nice six room house en one-fourth block, orange and grapefruit trees, 2 blocks from Lake- jand high school. Price $1,800. Ad- dress owner P. 0. 556, city. 3-29-tf. FOR SALE. 2 bouses on 2 lots, 5 blocks from depot. Price for all, $1,050. QHLINGER & ALFIELD. NOTICE. All kinds of Notary Work done by J A. COX, No. 210 Kentucky Ave. 4-6-1md WANTED—Small, improved farm Price must be right from owner. Close in to R. R. town. Address C. A. Mann, General Delivery, Tampa, Fla. 4-6-6tp. FOR RENT—Rooms for hiouse- keeping, furnished or unfurnished. 411 South New York. Phone 326 Blue. 4-11-3 FOR RENT—Three nicely fur- nishad rooms; modern conveniences, to young men or couple without children. Apply to 305 South Mas- sachusetts Ave. 4-11-6tp. FOR RENT—Furnished rooms. Ap- ply to J. W. Martin, Jefferson hotel. 4-2, For FIRE, ACCIDENT, PLATE- GLASS, and STEAM BOILER IN- SURANCE, see D. H. SLOAN, room 9, Raymondo building. Residence phone 165 Green. 4-G-tf. ROOMS—For light housekeeping. Mrs. L. W. Yarnall, corner Lake ave- nue and Lime street. 4 9-3p. FOR RENT. Two large front rooms, furnished, in new modern house. Apply to 413 South Florida Ave., phone 312 Blue. 4-10-6p. FLORIDA LANDS ARE HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE. (C. 8. Kay, in Springfield, 0., Sun.) Florida, with its 09,365 square miles and 37,931,620 acres of terri- tory, is the largest Southern State, except Texas, The peninsula is about 100 miles long and the average width is 100 miles. Its area is larg- er tLan lowa or Wisconsin, While therc is much waste soil in Florida, tke agricultural possibilities along certain lines are great. The more than 19,000,000 acres of swamp land in the state may be largely re, claimed, but even.without these the production of lumber, phosphates, fullers’ carth, citrus fruits, garden vegetables, poultry, eggs, tobacco, rice--in fact, about all the staples except wheat, and all fruits excep: apples—runs up into large figures. The great call now is for fruit growers and truck farmers. The lit- erature that is being put forth by dand companies and boards of trade in Florida warn newcomers not to expect to get rich on a little money and no labor. Farming in Florida 42 & business, opened every morning @4 6 o'clock and closed at § in the evening. No man can work a farm incidentally while he is doing busi- ®mess ten hours a day in town. It is & question of intensive rather than extensive farming. In th one item ot eggs it is related that Tampa could use 2,000,000 more than the local producers can furnish. So in equal ratio with poultry. Much of the poul- try yard output of other states goes through Tampa to Cuba. The Panama camal will still fur- ther stimulate the output of these vegetables, Oranges, grape fruit and . o p— pineapples continue to hold a prom- inent place in the markets supplies with these commodities, but there is a tendency to branch out into other and less precarious lines. While the summer heat in Florida is protract- ed, it is not debilitating. The penin- sular location of the land makes it| susceptible to the sea-moisterred and cooled air from both directions. (The Associated Press.) Havana, April 12, — Secretary Knox sturts for the United States on the Cruiser Washington Saturday | night. Today's papers devote mu(-'u| space to his visit. All make features | of the part of his speech which is described as ‘“‘another warning 1o {;roximately 600,000 boxes, or 10 per However, this interpreta-|..nt. of the State's crop, and the COSK!, Cuba.” tion was made on party ilnes. Youngster Brave Under Operation. A remarkable exhibition of nerve in a young child was seen the other day in a Spokane, Wash., hospital, when a 6-year-old boy endured his third operation in one week, without an anaesthetic. The operation consisted of the grafting of a piece of skin two inches square on his shoulder, to cover an open wound, due to an acci- dent some time ago, when the lad, while coasting, was caught under a street car. @%urc’bfi Qotes FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. Corner Florida avenue and Bay St. The Rev. Willlam Dudley Nowlin, D. D., pastor. Sunday school 9:45 a. m. H. C. Stevens, superintendent. Preaching Sunday at 11 a, m. and 7:156 p. m. Weekly prayermeeting Wednesday evening at 7:30. Woman's Missionary and Aid So- clety Monday 3:30 p. m. Baptist Young People's at 6:16 p. m. Regular monthly business meeting first Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. Meeting East Lakeland Mission, Sunday school at 3 p. m. E, A. Milton, superintendent. Prayer- meeting Thursday at 7 p. m. Presbytorian Church. Rev. W. F “"uaimers, pastor. Sunday * ool 9:45 a. m. Morp’ : sermon 11:00 a m, Ev n'.g sermon at 7:00 p. m. Y. P. 8. C. E. meets at 6 p. m. Prayermeeting, Wednesday, 7:30. Christian Church. Geo. W, Welimer, Pastor. Sunday school 9:456 a. m. Communion 10:45 a, m. Preaching, 11:00 a. m. Y. P. S. C. E. co-operates with sther societics at Cumberland Pres-| wterian church, Evening sermon, 7:30 a. m. Episcopal Church. Rev. J. . Weddell, rector. Each Sunday excepting only the third Sunday of each month, Sunday school every Sunday at 10 S.om. Service 11:00 a. m. Bvening Prayer 5:00 p. m. M. E. Church, South. I. C. Jenkins, Pastor. Sunday school 9:45 a. m, ‘'orning sermon 11:00 a, m. Epworth League 6:00 p. m. Evening service, 7:00 p. m. Prayer-meeting Wednesday 7:00 p m. Lutheran Church. Rev. H. J. Matbias, Pastor. Sunday school 10:00 a. m. Preaching service 11:00 a. m., and 7:00 p. m,, gecond and fourth Sum- dayn. Catholic Church, Rev. A. B, Fox, Pastor. Services are held on second ari fourth Sundays at 9:00 a. m. Cumberland Presbyterian. Y.P.8 C. E. at 6:30 p. m. Without pastor. | Sunday school at the regular he e —————————————————————————————— BLUCHER WILSON Candidate for Office of CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT OF POLK COUNTY b ani o oo D Ll 2 Al ot gl siiet au Loy 2 o col ani b ke dh - d il ®YyE KVENING [ELEGRAM LAKELAND, FLA. APRIL 12, 1912. Citrus Fruit Prospects In Eee County THE SLANG WE USE. The American public hardly stops to realize what a part slang plays in their every day conversation. The citrus fruit crop prospect is|From the following list one can see commanding the attention of many new and various estimates have been | and are being made, with a view to arriving at what may be expected in the way of monetary receipts. In this connection, The Press represen- tative has interviewed several grow- ¢rs in this section and secured their! opinions of the outlook, which arv‘ compiled and given herewith for the| benefit of all concerned. From the/ best information received, the crop in | Lee county next year will reach ap-‘I of marketing this crop is estlmnled} at $153,000, based on a cost of 25 1-2¢ per box. The following table might be of interest to many: Making 600,000 boxes, at Picking 600,000 boxes at Tc. 42,00v Packing 600,000 boxes at 5¢. 30,000 Hauling 600,000 boxes at 5¢c. 30,000 Incidentals grove exp. at 7c. 42,000 | 9 Total... ... ... ... ..$153,000 The above estimate, of course, is figured as the cost of handling a large taken as the cost of handling a smali quantity, as the cost, as every onc knows, necessarily increase as the volume decreases. The estimate giv-l en for moving a small crop is placed | at 50c per box, while the large ch-' ing house can afford to do the work for 50c or even less, by reason of their better facilities, With regard to the outlook for the future crop, it is certainly encourag- ing when compared with last season’s crop, which amounted to only about | €5,000 boxes, 25 per cent. more thau was expected, however, owing to the! extensive damage done to the crop by the storm of October 1910. In order to facilitate the handling of the large crop, the Lee County |quanmy of fruit and could not be Packing Company is preparing to make extensive improvements in their large packing house. They ex- pect to handle about one-third or more of the crop and will make prep- arations accordingly. Generators will be installed to increase the power and two more washing ma- chines will be added, 10,000 new field boxes will also be included in the new equipment and all will be in readiness wien the next crop is ma- tured. * ; The demand for the increase in the working facilities of the already big plant is occasioned by the rapidity with which the grove owners and shippers are coming to a realization of the advantages to be gained by patronizing a well-equipped estab- lishment, also the fact that the cost of disposing of the crop is materially reduced, not only because of the ex- cellent facilities at hand, but also because of the methods used in hand- ling the fruit, which has become rec- | ognized as necessary in order to se- cure the best results—returns. It is uniortunate that the Florida | Citrus exchange has not met with | the supporg that it should have had, | as its aims are for the very best iu-l terests of the producer and shouli! have the earnest co-operation of ev-| ery one who has any fruit to ship. That the exchange has made good and has been the means of saving the shipper a great deal of money, cannot be gainsaid, and, therefore, every one should rally to its support and give it a lift, with the assuranc» that the dividends will show up bet- ter afterwards.—Fort Myers Press. LOUDER! LOUDER! HE CRIED, Recently when the editor of this paper attended a meeting of a young people’s society he was impressed with the importance of using an ear trumpet or a paddle on the children, as the latter mumbled their words so inaudibly as to render the entire service devoid of interest, at least to him. He, however, was restrained from crying louder, louder, by re- calling the joke told by Col. Tom Marshall, the famous Kentucky statesman of the last century. Col. Marshall was making & great speech, when he was interrupted by a fellow on the outskirts of the crowd, who continually cried out “Louder! Louder!” Col. Marshall tired of the interruptions, and point- ing his finger scornfully at the noisy nuisance, said “When Gabriel blowa his trumpet at the last great day, there will be some fool from Owen county yelling “Louder! Louder!”— DeLand Register. Too Ready Wiih His Excuse. A man wrote to a iriend in Greeo®, begging him to purchase books. From negligence or avarice, he neglected to execute the commission; but, fearing that his correspondent might be of- fended, he exclaimed when next they met: “My friend, I mever got the let- ter you wrote to me about the books.” & what common expressions we use, lit- tle thinking they are slang: “It's up to you.” “I don't think.” “Not on your life.” “You can search me.” “That’s going some.” “Can you beat it?"” “There's some class to that." “It's a cinch.” “Nothing doing.” “That's nifty.” “Never again.” “Cough up!” “He has nothing on me.” “That's the surest thing you know.” “That's the real thing.” “I see his finish."” “Get the hook.” “Are you on?"” “That’'s the limit.” “My hat’s in the ring!” addition.) “Ta-ta.” (Recent WEIGHS 850 POUNDS. At Death, Which Is Due to Fatty De- tion of the Heart. Boston, April 12.—The abnormal weight of 850 pounds, attained by Abraham Sodekson, caused his death today from fatty degeneration of the heart. He was 26 years old. Sev- eral weeks ago, when taken ill, So- dekson weighed 4.4 pounds, During his sickness it is estimated that he gained weight at the rate of twenty pounds a day. Bohemia has what is called soda bonbons. The bonbons are tablets of two kinds, acid and alkili, and one pair is sufficient to produce about {half a quart of soda water. OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. County Officers. Clerk—A. B. Ferguson, Bartow. Supt. Public Instruction—T. B. Kirk, Bartow. Sherift—John Logan, Bartow, County Judge—W. 8. Preston, Bartow. Tax Collector—J. H. Lancaster, Dartow. Tax Collector—F. M. Lanier, Bar- tow, Treasurer-—J. T. Harmon, Bartow. County Commissioners.—E. 8 Whidden, Ch’'m., Mulberry; A. J. Lewis, Bartow; R. F. Langford, Ft Meade; J. E, Bryant, Kathleen; T. F. Holbrook, Lakeland. School Board.—R. W. Hancock, Ch’'m., Fort Meade; W. J. J. Whid- den, Bartow; J. A. Cox, Lakeland; T. B. Kirk, Secretary, Bartow, State Senator—D. H. Sloan, Lake- | land. Members of House—A. J. Angle, City Officers. Mayor—S8. L. A, Clonts, ('Phone 310-Red.) Clerk and Tax Collector, H. L Swatts. Treasurer and Assessor, A. C. Armistead. Collector of Light and Water, C. D. Clough. Marshal, W. H. Tillis. Night Watchman, F. L. Franklin, Municipal Judge, Gen. J. A. Cox. City Attorney, Epps Tucker, Jr. Keeper of Park, Neil McLeod. Members of Council—Morris G. Munn, Chairman; W. P. Plllans, Vice-Chairman; Messrs. O. M, Eaton, G. E. Seuthard, R. 1. Scip- per, W. H. Pugh, P. B, Haynes. The following standing com- mittees for the year were appointed: Finance and Fire, Messrs. Eaton, Pillans, Haynes. Light and Water, Messrs. Haynes, Pillans and Southard. Streets, Meesrs. Scipper, ard, Haynes. Ordinance, Messrs. Southard, Pugh and Scipper. Sanitary, Messrs.. Pugh, Eaton, Scipper. Public Improvement and Cemetery, Messrs. Pillans, Eaton, Pugh. State Officers. Governor—A. W. Gilehrist, Talla- South- Secretary of State—H. Clay Craw- ford, Tallahassee. Comptroller—W. V. Knott, Talla- Treasurer—J. C. Luning, Talla-|8 hassee. Attorney-General—Park M. Tram- mell, Tallahassee. Commissioner of Agriculture—W. A. McRae, Tallahassee. Supt. of Public Instruction—Wn. g M. Holloway, Tallahassee. Railroad Commissioners—R. Hud- son Burr, Chairman; Newten A. Blitch, Royal C. Dunn. W. C. Yon.|¢ communications | ¢ Secretary. Al should be addressed to Tallahassee. President of the Senate—Fred P Cone, Lake City. I —— | FOR SALE City, Suburban and Country Propertics Homes, Groves, Farms at Real Valyeg Flood & Hendrix, Owners >y m '. = Be Coax;d Have To to come herc the second time. In fact we doubt if you could be kept away. So all we ask {8 that you come and get acquaint:d with this store, e I We will leave it toourdry goods to do all the coaxing needed to induce you to buy and to the char. acter of your purchase to make you a regular visitor. THE EXCELLENCE OF OUR BREAD can only be appreciated by tusting Good as it looks, with just ti proper crust, it is even better tg taste. Try a loaf for your own sats isfaction. There must be zocd rea sons why many of the bost hom bakers now wuse our broad -xlu 1he Mode ; Barhite Brothers BEAUTY AND HEALTH are preserved by the use of n <howe bath. If you have never exp rioneed the glow and luxary of one youlae missed a lot. Drop in and i3 how much it will cost to huw put in your home, You'll prised at how little that Lakeland Hardware & Plumbing Co. e | COOL AIR FOR SALL NOT HOT AIR Dest Oscilating and Ceiling fans. All sizes at the right prices. g A complete line of Electric Irons that are Hot Stuff. A classy line of Electric Cook Stoves that “cookum sum,” and all the Necessary Electric Appliances to convenience and beautify the home at 3 price that is reasonable enough for all to be hai. FLORIDA E'LECTRIC & MACHINERY CO. DRANE BUILDING PHONE 298 Y Eat Lunch, call at the popular O, K. Restaurant: No. 107 N. Florida Avenue, Peacock building: Sandwiches 5c. Short Orders Reasonable N. B.—Fish Market, No. 218 North Keatucky. Fresh Fish and Select Oysters when possible. W. A. YAUN. PropP. SRl =23 g 3 S 'é-’o 3 (=] & 2 ] o ) S 3§ L DO