Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, May 3, 1912, Page 1

THE LAKELAND EVENING TELEGRAM Published in the Best Town in the Best Part of the Best State. VOL. 1 FINE ADDRESSES BY GRADUATES LAST NIGHT'S LITERARY EXER CISES, CLOSING SCHOOL, WERE OF VERY HIGH ORDER. The Herron theater was well filled last night with friends of the gradu- ating class who were present to wit- ness their graduation and enjoy their splendid essays. The first of the graduates to speak was Miss Suella Groover, salutatorian oi the class, Miss Groover took as her subject “He Can Who Thinks He Can.” There were many fine thoughts brought out, and much good advice was to be found for young or old in her remarks. Miss Beulah Hooks took as her sub- ject “Dream No More,” and in this she emphasized the fact that the world wants not dreamers but doers. The world has room for the dreamers if they dream to advantage, but it is the man of action and of purpose, who .at last reaches the goal of success. Mr. Thomas Jackson's subject was “The Balance Sheet,” and in this ad- dress he brought out clearly the idea that our lives must ve well balanced, well thought out, and our plans care- fully laid in order that our efforts might be crowned with ultimate suc- vess “The Guiding Star,” was the sub- She said that the old adage, “‘Hiten your wagop to a star,” was the best advice one could possible have, and that success was bound to come. Lofiy summits are reached only by endeavor and that much could be obtained if only the effort was made. Miss Georgin Strain took for her subject “Waiting for the Tide.” She said one should not expect tae world to provide them with a living, nor yet wait for riches and wealth to over- take them. But that when the tide of opportunity came, all should be rcady and they would be led on lortunp according to the preparation Mr. Geraid Mitchell was the next Opr\lk(‘r. His subject was " Yesterday, Today and Forever.” e went back tc the beginning of the world, took his hearers through the progress of the various ages, and on into the fu- ure, giving a very meaty and logical alk. The last of the evening s Miss Miriam Ross, the valedic- Her subject was “The Roll iICall of the She said that igreatness does not come to all, but #that he who prepares for the ru- ¥ ture, and realizes that there is a to- 3 nmorrow, benefits of speaker Great.” his labor, and will be able to answer when the roll is callea. | Her farowell to the people of 1ake-| fand and the teachers of the Lake- nd school on behalf of the class pf 1912 was very pretty, indeed, and her last words to the class were full bf deep regret that the parting of the vays had at last heen reached. Followinz the valedictory Prof. has. M. Jones, principal of the hool, presented the alplomas. He lated that he haa invited another to o this pleasant office, but that the tter found it impossible to be pres- t. Prof. Jones gave ihe gradu- tes some splendid advice, couched in eautiful language, before presenting he diplomas to the following gradu- tes of 1912: Misses Suella Groover, Beulah Hooks, Rosa Swindel, Lela Norton, Irma Trammell, Georgia Btraln, Miriam Ross, Messrs. Thomas Jackson, Herman Flanagan, John Patterson, Body Edmiston and Ger- ald Mitchell. Interspersed between the essavs ‘were some enjoyable musical selec- tions. Mrs. Herbert J. Drane sang, and manv were heard to sav that nev- er had they heard her voice to such zood advantage. She has a highly cultivated voice, and all enjoved her ‘@election very much, indeed. Miss Frances Riggins gave a vocal £olo, being accompanied by eight girls in the chorns. humber, also. Miss Titman and Miss Lessie Tram- mell gave a brilliant duet and Miss| itman and Miss Annie Mayes also “were heard in a duet. The commencement of 1912 thus ‘passes into history a perfect success “Tne graduates, instead of reading) their essays, gave them from me ory, which added much to their of- is the one who will reap the | ‘t‘u ctiveness, What the graduates and lothors on the various programs ac- lwmplishcd they secured througn their owp efforts, as they were not way in which a student is the most benefitted, and the audiences have all _|allowed to secure help. This is the |emertaiument of commncement week. sistants is due much praise for the good work that has been accomplished |and for the fine showing made at the close of the school vear. GOV. WILSON CONFINED TO HOME BY ILLNESS. (By Associated Press.) Trenton, N. J., May 3.—Gov. Wil- son is confined to his home at Prince- ton with a cold. He is reported to be better today. METHODIST BISHOPS APPROVE WORLDLY PLEASURES (By Associated Press.) Minneapolis, May 3.—"The Ameri- cap people are too far advanced t» longer be restricted by church rules as to what their amusements shail be. The rule prohibiting dancing, card playing, gambling, going to the- aters, circuses and horse races should be abolished.” This is the gist of the rejport presented to the General (on- ference of the Methodist Episcopai church by the board of bishops. UNDERWOOD’S PLURAL- ITY IN GEORGIA PRIM- ARIES, 14,386 (By Associated Press.) Atlanta, May 3—Underwood’s plur- ality over Wilson in Wednesday's pri- mary was 14,3586, according to the complete oflicial returns received by the Constitution. JOHN JACOB ASTOR'S SON. William Vincent Astor, who witl become head ot the ol the Astor family, is not years old. He was born on Nov. 1891, Vincent Astor has been thrown par- ticularly into his father's company since his mother, Mrs. Ava Willing Asior, obtained her divorce in No- vember, 1909, Under the divorce de- cree John Jacob Astor was to have |custody of Vincent, and Mrs. Astor oi American branen yeu 15, {the only other child of the marriage, | Muriel, now 10 years old. At the time of the divorce the amount of |alimony allowed his wife was not made public, but it was said to be 10,000,000 in cash, on the provision that this sum would later revert to Muriel. The John Jacob Astor fortune, which Vincent Astor would share with his stepmother and perhaps with kLis sister, Muriel, has been estimated at $100,000,000. John Jacob Astor's real property holdings in this city alone were stated authoritatively last autumn to be worth more than $41,- 000,000. The Thirty-fourth street half of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, part of his estate, is assessed at more than $8,300,000. A marriage settle- ment of cash and securities on the women they marry in lieu of the wife's dower right in the estate has been traditional with the heads of the Astor family. The purpose of thiz settlement is to keep the Astor estate intact. Before marrying the present® Mrs. Astor Col. Astor made such 2 settlement last August a few days before her marriage. The amount which Mrs. Astor received, to secure from her a release of her dower right in the estate, was never made pub- lic, but has been reported several times as $2,000,000. A similar set- tlement was made on Mrs. Ava Will- This was a iovels ,inz Astor, Col. John Jacob Astor's)disdain those foolish trifls (CERTAINLY THEY i 1 | 3 representatives declined by an over- m- | whelming majority to cut down the terdavs may follow 1< nileage allowance to members. !:l”i WOULDN'T CUT PAY, Washington, May 3.—The house of LAKELAND, FLORIDA, IRIDAY‘ MAY3 1912, FIGHTING BACK FLOOD WATERS No. 158. T0 PREVENT DESTRUCTION SAVE MILLIONS (By Ass iated Press.) Baton Rouge, ) i 5.—At 1 o'clock this afternoon the water began come through the front of the levee at Martin street, w0 where a force of working side by side with the State convicts in an effort to hold back the flood waters. Gov. Sanders on the which means so much to the vast ter- ritory on the east side of the Missis- sippi river. A large force is at work constructing protection levees soutit ot town which must be completed be- fore the expected break in the front levee comes, else the flood will be turned loose to work destruction and devastation in four ]muxlu-a Ladies and Gentlemen: It has fall- en to my lot to give to the Senior class of the L. H. the words of advice. 1 know of no better advice to give you than that which Folonius gave to his son Laertes: S, Give thy thoughts no tongue. “Nor any unproportioned thought its act, “The friends thou hast and their adoption tried grapple them to thy Losom with hoops of steel, “Beware of entrance to a quarrel, but being in, bear it that the op- (posed may beware of thee. “Give every man thy ear but few thy voice, “Take each man's censure, serve thy judgment. but re- “Ior costly thy habit as thy purse can buy; neither a borrower nor lender be, for loan oft loses bhoth it- selt and friend, and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. This, above to thine own self be true and it must follow as the night the day thou It is indeed a painful and pleasant . in =0 much as it relat it association of the pas 5 1o the pile a cight h is now to he it is a pleasure upon Yo the greatest hono 1 hi month ‘ph asant use 10 {eonter [that the L |dividual has the stage of life if, expects to leave hi S ocan give; every in mark of excellence; must act his p when shutlling off, ! footprints upon Lite is the child- and a great| It is thut the sands of time |hood of our immortality deal ip what we make it tracks of time, soon to pass by into that silent deep of which we have no record. Yes, the time has come when you must disperse and wander upon the great field of life. You are soon to pass from under the guidance of teachers whose hands are ¢ver tender and who are ever ready to look over your omissions and commissions. One who is ready to help you over your difficulties. When you leave his school you will pass into the walls of some college and there you will reccive the rext step—diploma. After you have finished this college you will enter one of the greatest universitics of the land and there put the final polish upon your education—then, let me say, you are ready to enter into that freshmep class from which there is no graduation excepting at the tomb; you will there find a teacher who ever punishes with a rod of iron; ¢s, you will find in this school your teacher is experience, Life is your lesson and the world your As] you walk out upon the grot battle-! field of life you should ver kea honl in view the momentous valu:s of life |—its sublimest end, and -pirn With lous vanities which so ofien the life of man and devo' & with the ardor of most divine improvema: man soul. Remember {are about to omit or that the tracks of the unon the heels of the | virselves o the f the hu- hen yon t an act | Our yes- much may reds and lbn done in those parting | ¢ onst not then be false to any man.” | severed; ! “you enjoy it bat once; something coming down th¢ nv-asllrt::fl id frivo-| onsume | i follow close ‘ CITIZENS AND CONVICTS WORK SIDE BY SIDE TO HOLD LEVEES AND 1To Prof. Jones and his competent as-| OF PROPERTY. (By Associated Press.) New Orleans, May 3.—The flood w rs arg creeping still higher in |llu lower Mississippi river today and the rains continue with forecast of ! | | Additional crevasses from the mouth | of Red river south may be expected any hour as the volume of water levee is personally directing the work {contained within the great nrtiflvlul{ 'husband since, hence the divorce pro- bayous is far in excess of previous Irecords, The levees protecting Bayou Suru,‘ near Baton Rouge, went out just lm-‘ fore noon and indications ,were that' iadditional precipitation in lower Mis- | hundreds of volunteer citizens are |sissippi valley tonight and tomorrow. [the New Brunswick home of her hus- | TRIPLETS SCARED BRIDE INTO LEAVING HUSBAND. Trenton, N. J., May 3-—Israel Sahu who gained notoriety some Taft and Cartelyou, has instituted di- vorce proceedings against his wife. Shortly after the birth of the triplets the mother died and friends of Sahu induced him to seek another wife in order that the children might have a mother. Through a matrimonial bu- reau Sahu became acquainted with a |young Austrian named Yetta Meiter. Returning from her honeymoon to band, the bride was confronted with the triplets and six other children anil |immediately left in terror, Mrs. Sahu has not lived with her ceedings. TIANIC INVESTIGATION cntire town will be inundated. The front levee at Baton Rouge is expect- | ed to go out any minute. Some alarm ! exists over situation here. J PRINCIPAL JONES’ ELOQUENT ADDRESS TO GRADUATES patches of time which every day pro- duces and which most men throw ¥, but will nevertheless make at the end of it no small deduction from the life of man, Past time never re- turns, nor does it belong to you-—it would be useless if it did. 1t is only the golden present that is ours (o transform into a new past—-to look buck to in years to come. Do uor spend your life in reasoning on past, ! complaining of today and t\vm-‘ bling for tomorrow, but do life's com- | non work as it comes, certain that daily bread and daily duties are the st things life can give, s divided into two parts: T h.n which is past-—a dream; that which i¥ to come -a wish, You think that life a beautiful and winding lane; on either side Dright tlowers, Leautitul butterflies and tempting fruits which you cely pause to ad- mire and taste, so ecager are you to hasten to an opening which you thini will be more beautiful still. But by advanee, the and butter- is like degrees as o you trees bleak, the flowe fail, the truits disappear and Ivou find you have arrived-—to reach o desert waste, Make well of your vouthtul days so that foud memory may bring pleasant hours when the furrows have grown deep upon your While yous, lerow s ow, you are you pthink the end will never be; but lis towell upon the 0 The longest day has its end and little do you lknow tide of years drift by, .lu..xllm, you out ingensibly from the 'harbor of your old home upon the !,,rvut sca of life—what joys, what op- portunities, what affections are slip- ping from you into the shades of that irexorable past where no man can %0, save on the wings of his dreams. Little do you think and imagine—- and I hope the thought will not sink deep lines on your forehead-that the waves of the years which come 10ck- ing so gently by will soon toss you far away upon the great swell of life. You must work in this great, busy." buzzing world. Never mind where you work; let the care be for the work itself. You must labor for all that you have; there are thorns in lh«-‘ great road of life, and they make the flowers more beautiful. Life is made brighter by being with a darker shade | of sorrow. There is no time for rest. You may sometimes stop and ask yourself the question “when shall [ rest?” [ believe I can answer you in the language of the poet: as the When earth’s last picture is painted grmeq report reached here that the | And the tubes are withered and dried; {When the oldest colors have faded And the youngest critic has died — We shall rest.” 0| | In conclusion I would have you be courageous for there are battles to lwin. 1 would have you be kind, for friends you will need. 1 would 'have you be noble, for that is one of .the Kkeys to success. 1 would have You be humble, for humility makes sense shine with a double luster. 1 (Would have you stand erect, not h» kept erect by others. be never slowed down a particle CONTINUED IN ENGLAND (By Associated Press.) London, Ma —-Attorney General iSir Rufus Isuacs addressed the wreck xnnmli«sion which is investigating the Titanic disaster, setting forth the I‘.u ts as understood by the govern- 'ment, laying special emphasis on the 'evidence that the speed of 21 knots was maintained after warnings of ice Lad been received up to the moment ot the collision. This fact, it is in- dicated, will be one feature of the investigation, WITNESSES TESTIFY IN. TRIAL OF FLOYD ALLEN (By Associated Press.) Wytheville, Va,, May 3.—The wit- nesses for the State in the Floyd Al- len murder trial continued to tell of the shooting up of the Carroll coun- ty court Prosecution is en- deavoring to prove not only that the acceused shot and Killed Prosecuting Attorney Foster, bhut that his fellow clansmen the court oflicials it he was convicted of the tor which he had sentenced when the shooting The trial may house, conspired to murder offens b Wirs o nex: done, last week TRAMMELL’S LEAD /IS STILL GROWING time ago | by naming triplet sons for Roosevelt, MAY TAKE OFFICIAL COUNT TO DECIDE WHETHER MILTON OR GIBBONS WILL RUN. Jacksonville, May 3.—Reports to- }d;zy indicate that Park Trammell's vote over the State is in the neighbor- 4 hood of 24,000 votes, 14,000 votes ahead of his nearest opponents, Crom- well Gibbons and W. H. Milton, It will take the official count to de- termine whether Gibbons or Milton will run it over with Trammell, but at present the odds are in favor of Gibbons. Presidential Candidates. Returns from the State give Un- derwood a majority of 5,000 votes over Woodrow Wilson. It will take the oflicial count to determine wheti- er Underwood or Wilson delegates were elected. Congressman at Large. (laude L'Engle came out of the first primary in the lead, having about 8,000 votes more than his next opponent, W, M, Toomer. There will be a second go round for these gen- tlemen, Congressman First District. Hon. 8. M. Sparkman was re-clect- ¢d to Congress over Herbert 8. Phil- (ips by a majority of over 3,000 votes. In Polk county, which was conceded to Phillips, Sparkman received a ma- Jority of over 100 votes. State Superintendent. PProf, W. N. Sheats is in the lead for the office of state supcrint ndent Ly something over 1,000 vt from reports obtainable, Prof. s and Holloway will run it over in the sec- ond primary. In Polk county Profl Sheats received a handsome majority. Commissioner of Agriculture, The race between W, A, McRae and W. R. Dorman for the oflice of com- missioner of agriculture is very close, and it will take the official count to determing the winner. In Polk county Mr. McRae received a large majority over Mr. Dorman-—in fact, P'olk zave him about as bix a vote as ¢ county in Florida., Congressman from Second District. IFrank Glark and Hilburn will be in the race for Congress from the sec- el distreiet in the second primary, GAINESVILLE MAN COMMITS SUICIDE. | Hu;,nn Peck, :lluw State herg o Guinesville, May S. L. tor the past several months employed us clevator conductor in the Federal building, took his life Wednesday 2bout 1 o'clock p. m. The man had from appearances, deliberately planned the deed and selected a spot | under a tree on the public highway lcading southward from Liberty street, this road running along the east boundary line of the University grounds. So far the motive prompting Mr. Peck to take his life is not definitely known. He was in the best of hum- ‘cr when he left the Federal building Tuesday evening, having joked with Janitor J. M. Everett. Mr. Peck moved to Gainesville from Ohio about eighteen months ago, and his wife and one of their daugh- ters died here last April with typhoid fever. REPORT OF BREAK ON MISSISSIPPI SIDE. (By Associated Press.) New Orleans, May 3.—An uncon- big Morgan sea levee on the west side of the Missicsippi has gone out and eight persons drowned METHODISTS CONDEMN | SECRETARY WILSON (By Associated Press.) Minneapolis, May 3. — The Method- ists’ attack on Secretary of Agricul- ture Wilson for attending the Brew- ers’ Congress in Chicago last fall, sulted in the adoption of a resolution condemning him re- ROOSEVELT IN MARYLAND. By Associated Press.) Md., May spocchi-making Roosevelt tour of toduy in the interest n Salisbury, his of his candidacy for the presidency, | PRESSMEN ON STRIKE IN CHICAGO. (By Associated Press.) (:hirugn_ May 3.-—Difterences be- tween the pressmen’s union and the principal newspaper publishers in Chicago which interferred with the regular publication of afternoon pa- 15 remained unsettled this morning. rs today, SOAP SWINDLER'S HEARING ON MAY 9 AT BARTOW. The hearing of Nelson, the soap swindler, will be heard in Bartow, May 9. It will be remembered that a few weeks ago Nelson, who had oth- er aliases, was arrested in Tampa at the instigation of Mr. B. P. Kelley. of Grifiin. Nelson, who representnd a good portion of the population of that place who had been induced to give the man money on his promise to send soap and handsome premiums of furniture, none of which evoer turned up. He secured several hun- c¢red dollars in this way. Since Nelson’s arrest, Mr. Kelley Las received letters from Vermont, | Hastings and Formosa, Fla., from parties who describe the swindler ex- !actly and state that he operated in leach of those places. It is very prob- able that when Polk county gets throngh with him, he will find his presence desired in other quarters as well I.. H. Ingram has a field of about n acres of very fine cucumbers in from which he expects to thousand K get between four and five baskets of cucumbers mmee,