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THE——— | OTSIERS KNOW LITTLE coolest place in townis-oursoda fountain. When you are tired and hot you can always find some- thing sparkling, deli=|. cious, refreshing and satis-|, State, to purchase 800 acres of l;nnl,I fying here, The many varie- ties of our soft drinks ena- structive OF GONDTIONS IN{FLORIDA (Continued from Page 1.) generally. us industry thrives best on and sandy lands of the in- s part freeze of 1807 has been toreed 1 afety to the hill re of the central portion of South Flor- Henee the region about Frost- proof, in Polk t more than twenty-five ) ence, and from having through the severe freeze of become the most noted for the qual- ity of its oranges and grapefruit of any part of the State— having taken the first prizes at the Buffalo, St Louis and Atlanta expositions over all competitors. It was this favorable peculavity that led the proprictors of the Gler . Mary’ v, established and for thirty part of the this i ida. coun'y, 1805, fully operated rs in the northern a few miles north of Crooked lake, in southeastern Polk county, adja- cent to the new railroad recently bles you to get just' what you want— Something That Goes Right to the Spot There are many ways and many ingredients for making soda water and other summer drinks, but we use orly the best methods and the best goods. QUICK DELIVERY Red Cross Pharmacy PHONE 89 Good News! The latest news can always be found at my News Stand, where th, leading newspapers and periodicals, magazines, etc., are on sale promptly after publication. Good Views! of Florida scenery, including Lake- land postcards, are also in stock in great variety, No Blues! For those who smoke the splendid cigars carried, Lakeland and Tampa makes. Fine smoking tobacco also. Come, Choose! From my varied stock, anything you may desire in my line. You will not be disappointed in quality or price. Miss Ruby Daniel News Stand Lobby of Edisonia Theater. Why _Not Smoke the BEST AR T BLUNTS L _ For Sale at All Stands! zoox 7, 4 opened to Frostproof and still under construction farther south to the Everglade country, by the Atlantic Coast Line Co., after a careful inves- tigation of other localities, for the establishment of a splendid new nur- sery to supply the future wants of this best citrus fruit region. Polk county is also a great vege- table and melon producing section. The land in the immediate vicinity of Bartow, the county seat, a live place with about 3,000 inhabitants, noted for its magnificent live ouks, is becoming widely known for profitable truck farming, J. R. Davis having been the successtul pioneer in that industry, and many others hav- ing in recent years followed his ex- ample greatly to their profit. Its cen- tral location in South Florida, and the variety of products to which its s0il and climate are adapted, are giv- ing to Polk county a more rapid growth than is taking place in any other county of the State, except those in which the prosperous cities of Jacksonville and Tampa are locat- ed; and, probably, it has a smaller area of very poor——even worthless land than any other county. This very general survey of some of the peculiarities of Florida's soil and climate, sections of it being de- voted to special products, renders it quite essential for prospective set- tlers—-even more so for them than for winter visitors who want homes of their own amid pleasant surround- ings-to carefully consider the par- ticular branch of agricultural or hor- ticultural industry in which they wish to engage, before investing their money in Florida real estate, as 2 prosperous orange and grapefruit grove in Duval county, in the north- ern part of the State would be about as doubtful a proposition as a suc- cesstul apple orchard on the shore line of Lake Okecchobee in South Florida, E. W. BARBER. Departure Approved. “I understand your boy Josh is ex- perimenting on the iines of perpetual motion.” “Yes,” replied Farmer Corn- tossel. “And 1 feel some encourage- ment about it. 1 thought for awhile that the only thing Josh was goin to take In was perpetual rest.” —_— Competition, “Royalty has its difficulties,” re. marked the Lord High Keeper of the Buttonhook. “Yes” replied the un- easy monarch. “It has gotten so that & court function finds it hard to com- Pete with the scenery and costumes of a big musical show” S. L. A, CLONTS Real Fstate vffice in Clonts’ Building, CITY AND COUNTRY PROPERTY— SOME FINE BARGAINS, o|W. Fiske Johnson REAL ESTAT Loars Negotiated Buys and Sells Real Estate. Orang e Grove Property a Specialty. !I'm fond of Mr. Dean, and T | - The Fam “I don't see, lanthe, why you per- 'sist in going to the country every . season,” said Mrs. Montague, frown- ing slightly. Ianthe, a tall, gracefvl girl of 20, smiled wisely. “I think you have a faint idea why I go,” she answered. Mrs. Montague flushed a little and looked uncomfortable. “Well, I know if you knew him I'm sure you'd like him, too. No one can blame me if I want to see my only child comfortably set- tled. Some time, sooner or later, I shall have to give up my little girl, and T had rather give her to him than to any one else. He's a man every one likes and trusts, somehow.” Tanthe slipped her arm about her mother’s neck tenderly. “I know vou think only of my good, mamma, dear,” she murmured. “But you won't have to give me up for—oh, a long time yet, I hore.” “Mrs. Norcross wi'! be so disap- pointed, Ianthe,” said Mrs. Montague, after a moment of silence. “She has set her heart upon your coming with me.” “T don't want to visit Mrs. Norcross, mother—I might go if Mr. Dean wasn't such a frequent caller at her home. And I do want to go down to Mrs. Kingsley’s again.” The following week found Ianthe Montague at the Kingsley's. Mrs. Kingsley had been an old schoolmate of her mother, and for the past two summers the girl had spent a few weeks at her home. Her chief reason for going was that she did not want to meet the man whose good qualities her mother was always exploiting. Mrs. Montague had first met him at ' | Mrs. Norcross’ home two years ago. It was the hay-making season and the Kingsleys had several farm hands. Two of them Ianthe remembered see- ing the previous summer, but the third, a tall, fine-looking young man, with a highly intellectual face, was a stranger. Tanthe looked at him frequently in astonishment and wondered why a man of this type should have no; higher ambition. ¢ At the end of a month she began to fear that she was thinking of him more than she should, and when two months had elapsed she was obliged to confess to herself that she was really beginning to care for James Clifford. She knew it was shameful. She, a descendant of a family who prided itself wpon never marrying out. side of its own class, was actually fond of a poor farm hand. She de- clared that she would thrust him from her. Picking up a book, she went out into the grove back of the house and tried t® fix her wandering attention upon its contents. Rut she turned the leaves absent-mindedly, for her thought refused to leave James CIif- Just then a step sounded hehind her, and turning quickly she beheld the object of ker thoughts. In spite of herself a deep crimson mounted to her brow. It reemed almost as if she had spoken ber thoughts and he had heard them. “T have something to say to you, Miss Montague,” he sald, seating him. self beside her on the settee, “Mrs Kingsley has told me that you think of returning home tomorrow.” “Yes,” she answered, briefly. This was an unheard of liberty for him, to sit beside her, and she trled to look displeased, but she made a miserable failure of ft. “You must have seen that I love you, Tanthe,” he began, boldly, just as 1t he had been her equal. “If you can only eare for me a little T shall be the happlest man on earth” Tanthe was silent, but she thought rapldry. She must not listen to him, she told herself. 1t would break her mother’s heart If she shonld promise to marry James Clifford. Stfll he was | a noble man, and she loved—yes, she | loved him with her whole heart, | “Are you angry, Ianthe? he asked | when she did not speak. *I under. ! stand—yon don'’t care for me, and—" | Tanthe looked up shyly. “I haven't | sald—I didn't—care,” she faltered. | “Is it—possible that you care for a poor man?” he asked, reaching over | and taking one of the small hands in | his own. “It makes no difference to moe— whether you are rich or poor,” she answered, softly. { “T've something to confess, Tanthe ” he sald, after a moment. There was | an anxious look on his face. *I'm not | what you thought me” he went on “T've decelved you, but say you'll for. | give me—" “T don't understand ” fnterposed the grl in bewilderment. “T'm not a farm hand—my name is James Cliffori—Dean, the man yoy didn't want to meet.” he went on. | learned from Mrs. Worcross that voy were coming here and 1t was not 4ir. ficult for me to guess Why vou didn't | care to visit her with your mother. As Frank Kingsley and I used to he ®0od friends at college, T came here Ilnd pretended to be one of the farm hande. T was curlove to see the el | who didn't want to see me And from the moment I saw you, lanthe, 1 :;vodm you. You'll forgive me for e , won't dear™ 'Hedmmlon' you, dear” he Tanthe looked into his face with emile. “There's really nothing for m: " to forgive,” she murmured, happhly, OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. County Officers. Clerk—A. B. Ferguson, Bartow. Supt. Public Instruction—T. B. Kirk, Bartow. Treasurer—J. T. Harmon, Bartow. County Commissioners.—E. S Whidden, Ch'm., Mulberry; A. J. Sherifi—John Logan, Bartow, County Judge—W. S. Preston, Bartow. Tax Collector—J. Bartow. Tax (ollector—F. M. Lanier, Bar- tow. 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, State Officers. Governor—A, W, Gilchrist, Talla- hassee. Secretary of State—H, Clay Craw- ford, Tallahassee. Comptroller—W. V. Knott, Talla- hassee. Treasurer—J. C, hassee. Attorney-General—Park M. Tram- mell, Tallahassee. Commissioner of Agriculture—W. A. McRae, Tallahassee, Supt. of Publie Instruction—Wm. M. Holloway, Tallahassee. Railroad Commissioners—R. Hud- son Burr, Chairman; Newton A. Blitch, Royal C. Dunn. W, C, Yon, Secretary. All eommunications should be addressed to Tallahassee. President of the Senate—Fred P. Cone, Lake City. City Officers. Mayor—S. L. A, Clonts. ('Phone 210-Red.) Clerk and Tax Collector, Swatts. Treasurer and Assessor, 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. H. Lancaster Luning, Talla- H L [+ A, come, or the average earning capacity, to own his casy way that it in no way works a hardship on him. WE WILL BUY YOU A HOME FOR Write For Literature E EVENING ThLEGRAM LAR ELAND, FLA., MAY 20, 1912. Job WING to the Printing A ™ enlargement of our newspaper and publishing” business, it has been necessary to move The News Job Office up-stairs where_it will be found in Rooms 11 aund 12, KentuckyZBuilding, in the com. petentchargelof Mr. G.;J. Williams. For anything thatfcan;be printed, if you want the best work [at the; right prices, call o Mr. Williams. The News ‘Job Office auRooms 11 and 12 (upstairs) Kentucky Building, Munn, Chairman; W. P. Pillans, Vice-Chairman; Messrs, 0. M. Eaton, G. E. Seuthard, R. II. 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, Messrs. Scipper, ard, Haynes, Ordinance, Messrs. Southard, Pugh and Scipper. Sanitary, Messrs., Scipper. Public Improvement and Cemetery, Messrs. Pillans, Eaton, Pugh, South. Pugh, Eaton, Some Gocd in Dull Times. Qreat lessons of thrift mway be evolved from a pericd of incustrial depression.—Exchange, CEMENT PAVEMENTS. —_— Sealed bids will be received up 1o 6 p. m.,, May 28, 1912, by the Coup. cil, for the construction of pravements in the town of Ay dale, Fla. Specifications can be o- tained by addressing the town 1.k The Council reserves the right 1 re. Jject any and all bids. Mar| plainly, “Bid for Cement Pay: S E. B. LANE, My W. D. Howells, Jr., Clerk. — For the Cheerful Worker. Give us, oh, give us, the nur sings at his work. Be his occ what it may, he is equal to those who follow the same purs silent sullenness. He does me the same time—he will do it he wiii persevere longer.—Thouis Carlyle. THAT HOUSE IS MINE, FEELING IS A FEELING THAT CANNOT BE DEFINED. BUT BUST BE ACTUALLY EXPERIENCED IN ORDER TO BE FULLY APPRECIATED. By our plans we make it possible and easy for any man with an ordinary in- $1,000.00 $2,000.00 $3,000.00 $4,000.00 $5,000.00 own home, and in such an You pay only $8.80 per montl, on each $1,000.00 with 59 interest per annum, payable monthly. Tabulated Illustration of a $1,000 Loan Made on Contracts that are from Six to Twelve Months Old Purchase Price Amount deposited as dues Amount deducted for expenses Amount of loan made by the Company Amount of advance credit on Balance due Co., payable as per following table loan e ————— s Balance due on loan | Interest § pe: ] | ; each year — — | $946.00 | 846.40 | 74680 | 647.20 547.60 | 448.00 l 348.40 248.80 149.20 | 49.60 i Principal yearly at | $8.30 per month T cent i on yearly balance l — $90.60 99,60 3.60 | 9960 ; 99.60 I 9960 | | | $47.30 42.32 { 37.3¢ | | c06o 9.60 99 6o 49.60 ————— Total Int. $248.90 Princ. $¢46.00 ] Yearly total princi- | Monthly total prin - pal and interest ‘ pal and interest of each Contract $6.00 — $ 946.00 S $12.24 11.83 1.4t $1104.90 Potal Principal and Int. NOTE THE TOTALS. further interest, We allow 4 per cen We help you save THE GUARANTEE [NV INCORPORATED uND note or mortgage elsewhere’ rt at any time, thus stopping FLOOR CURRY BUILDING ESTMENT & LOAN CO. ER THE STATE LAWS OF FLORIDA.