Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, May 24, 1912, Page 1

THE LAKELAND EVENING TELEGRAM st e Pubhshed in the Best Town in the Best Part of the Best State. VOL. 1 COURSE OF TRUE Ll]\lE' BECENES SEVERE CHECK UNSUCCESSFUL ELOPEMENT OF 1SS MATTIE SANDERS WITH WALTER VAUSE. . .asc which excited the sym- .~ of the spectators was given ving in Judge Thompson's court atternoon. All realized that the Lunds of justice dictated the trend .atters, still some could not help lean towards the side of Cupid, wus represented by two unhappy was the outcome of the ipted elopement yesterday o Muttie Lou Sanders with Mr. «or Vause and the laiter was cod with enticing away from 4 zirl under sixteen years of ‘i the purpuse of a clandestine age. According to previous un- uding between the two lovers, | conng lady left home yesterday Iy to 2o to take a music les- | nstead, she boarded I1:00 train to Tampa, vith Mr. Vause, . taking only the clothing | 1o, .uul her music books under | however, in com- She made no | arm | Sanders became worried about prolonged absence of her daugzh- | nd tinally learned that she h;ul' in Vause's company, on thy hound ¢ She immediate- | wd the Tampa police, and | train reached there, the| ©were arrested. Miss Annie ore, the girl's sister, met them police station, and secured her The younz man was ased on his promise to return | o rain., 1 the release, tock when the hearing was to . Mo Sanders and shall were en- and all parties con- | the police station at time. Matters were | Tampa police turned v to Deputy Sheriff Marshall v brought him to Lakeland, Miss Lou begged to be allowed to and it father and all return- Tampa, net at winted I and the man of her choice, ith difficulty that the d tearing her away wr on the train, last nighs. licaring this afternoon the = stated above, in substance, meht out by the testimony, +age of the young lady having stablished as under sixteen, the * hield Mr. Vause over to the Cir- ourt. At the time of going to he had the matter of amount of inder advisement. The maxi- {0 penalty for the offense the “ould-be groom is charged with is a T in the State prison or a fine of vea Use has been here only a few hs. He is a painter by trade, a Wwe ‘-appearing young man, and bears . £0od character, so far as we can aTh Miss Sanders is the young er of Mr. and Mrs. P. H. San- EARTOW TEACHERS APPOINTED FOR COMING YEAR. At a meeting of the Board of Trus- 5 of Summerlin Institute on Fri- “¥ evening last, applications of “cuers for the various grades were ‘r%idered and the following selec- ns made: Principal—Prof. J. E. Wither- hers in the High School—Miss e Brown, Miss Sue Bozeman. “ellie Bigham. €hth Grade—Miss Laura Butler. nth Grade—Miss Emma Hane. “th Grade—Miss Nelle Moore. Grade—Miss Sarah Shumate 174 Grade—Miss Bessie Sum- ud Grade—Mrs. John Hooker. Grade—Miss Maud Schwal- First Grade—Miss Dempsie 3econd, Third and Fourth Miss Tommie Lee Wilson. 'h and Sixth Grades—Miss urry Seventh and Eighth Grades— ¢ Williams —Bartow Cour- Taformant ' iy | among them being Dr WOMAN'S STOMACH IS A REGULAB JUNK STORE. Sacramento, lul.. May 24.—An { official report of an operation per- ltrmod upon Miss Letitia Miller, of .\un Rartael, for the remova] of 1,097 articles, mostly metal, from her stom- ach, says she is on the road to recov- The repory was filed yesterday with the State Board of Control. These articles were removed. One hundred and eight wire hair- pins, 55 open safety pins, 21 broken pins, 5 prune pits, 23 lar buttons, 13 nails, 3 screw eyes, 40 tacks, 1 staple an inch long, 5 parts of easpoons, cf hairpins, 1 piece of string, 1 piece | of thread, 104 unidentified odds -md ends, mostly metal, 9 parts of uvmbs and 280 smal] pins ORDER OF ELKS WILL NOT ALLOW NEGROS T0 USE NAME buttons, 3 col-! 25 broken pieces | LAKELAND, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, HAY 24 1912, No. 175 NEGRD INSURGENTS N THOSE WHO WILL TEAGH CUBA COMMIT | IN THE LAKELAND OUTRAGES ooHOOLS {CAPTURE EL CANEY, SACK THE | FINE FACULTY SELECTED—ONLY TOWN AND PILLAGE AMER- NINTH GRADE TEACHER RE- ICAN STORES. MAINING TO BE SUPPLIED. . | (By Santiag: | &ro A Ihe local school board met yester- and appointed the teachers of | the Lakeland High school for the en- year. All the teachers were appointed with the exception of the ed Press.) 21~ A band of ne-| ., insurgents aptured El (‘unv,\'i . night, sackiing the town and «:,)mm‘L:ting many outrages. A body ' regular troops left San Luis last! 534 lust suing rd ass it in the high school, uight for Kl Caney, but reached there | .\ 4 are as follows { v late to prevent the sacking. They| prof. ¢has. M. Jones, principal. I pursue and attack the rebels to- Miss May Tomlinson, first assist | oaY. ant | Two Americans who owned stores R. R. Jones, second assistant pin the village of San Marcos, near Guanantamo, had their property pil- lnged by negro rebels today Grammar School. | Miss Esther Hosceh, Sphograde Miss Mary Guthrie, Tth grade A TR Mrs. M, 1. Terry, Tth grada B | i Encouraging Reports Received Mrs. Annie B, Lovell, 6th grade A | By Associated Press. | ’ i ) ;i s s : il (By Associated .’ ress.) | (By Associated Press.) Miss Helia Cox, 6th grade B, Albany, N. Y., May 21, Improved May lenevolent and Protective Order "1ks of the World, of a4 Negro organiza- tion, must adopt another name which coniains no reference to Elks, accord- ing to a court of appeals’ decision to- ¥ SCHOOL ELECTIO!‘ TOMORROW. The will el sentlemen be ted huve tomorrow. Several been mentioned, W Messrs, B H. L Swatts, b ", i sloan \m three of these would make a sple mllll Loard, o satis- factory school adminis vation, Mareell, ii atd b 0 We are assured of A new garage and salesroom is to be erected on Tampa and Harrison streets in Tampa. 'REPRESENTATIVES CHARGED WITH PETTY GRAFTING (By Associated Pre Washington, May 24, that members of | are guilty of petty grafting was made on th: floor today by Chairman Fitzgerald, cf the appropriations committee, dur- ing the emer- gency bill, the House the consideration of | OFFICERS EPISCOPAL CHURCH ELECTED AT JACKSONVILLE. Jacksonville, May 24 -Ai the morning's session of the sixty-ninth annual Council of the Episcopal Dio- cese of Florida, which is being held in the Church of the Good Shepherd, the officers of the council were elect- ed, and the majority of the commit- tees and boards were named. The officers which were elected are as follows: President—Rt. ner Weed, S. Diocese. Secretary—Rev. J. H. Brown, of the Christ Church, Pensacola. Assistant Secretary—Rev. W, Wyl- lie, of Palatka. Rev. Edwin Gard- T. D., bishop of the Chancellor—W. W. Hampton, of Gainesville. Registrar—Rev. Brooke G. White, of Jacksonville. Treasurer — Telfair Knight, Jacksonville. Board of Missions. The following constitute the board of missions. as elected: Bishop Weed, president, and the arch-deacons, ex- officio; Rev. W. T. Cavell, W. W. Hampton, Rev. L. Fitz-James Hindry, Rev. James H. Davet, Rev. Lionel A. Wrye, George L. Drew and H. C. Bir- ley. The court array is composed of Rev. J. H. Davet, Rev. Curtis Grubb, Rev. 1. F. J. Hindry, W. T. Cavell, C. R. Layton, W. A. Bours, W. M. Corry and T. L. Clark The following constitute the court of revision: W. W. Hampton, D Finlayson and John C. Avery NORTHERN METHODISTS ELECT TWO BISHOP (By Associated Press.) Minneapolis, Minn., May 24 —Dr F. D. Leete, of Detroit, Cooke, of New York, were elected bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church by the Conference today. of local board of school trustees R. Groover, ! lhn charge | A and R. J.| Havana, 24 The Cuban gov- Miss Mamie Castles, Hth grade A. crnmeny declares it has received no Miss Minnice L. York, hth grade B. further news from Oriente province, Miss Fannie K. Parridge, 4th! pand reports from other sections of | yde A | | the island indicate that tranquility prevails complete | Aiss Pearl Futen, 4th grade B company’s ul»j.wlion is untenable. s Verda Thomp=on, 3rd arade A i3 dograde | BURIAL OF KING FREDERICK | ade o 8 | N : Jerseys He declare at, as Ve TOOK PLACE THIS AFTERNOON AR R G | (By Associated Press.) Miss (3 Al grade I3 ble here alveady know him through Roskielde, Denmark, May 24 The| Miss Cora Griflin, principal pri il is work as gove L2k hie thought 3 Lody of the late King Frederick was department ‘,:"""l"u"\ s eompnign ticre. - e s Luried here this afternoon. The kings| Miss Florence Anderson, Eis) : DHISRLION 0 him is based on the of Norway, Sweden, Denmark and 1ulm-:nur of the old dismantled Dem- Gireoce were 1 the funeral cortegs Miss “I""“ Sivaiter 1o dede n ot machine headed by Jamos Sty e, excUnited States senator, HOT WEATHER TROUBLES R BEGINING EARLY IN THE NORTH (By Associated Press,) \ NEW YORK SPORTS | DETTING HEMMLY ON PRESIDENTIAL RACES (By Associated Press.) Pittshurg Pa., May 24.--8ix New York, May 21 Prospects of deaths from heat were reported tofa thrilling race with wide Tatioude in | the coroner for the twenty-four hours [ betting and the promise of hc-.\'!; ending at noon. The victims were “held” entered in the “Presidential infants, hondicap™ for many yi have final- | Iv awakened New York's hetting ANOTHER PUMPKINVILLITE spirit, and it is reported that mon is being freely offered in wagers @ of the HAS BEEN HEARD FROM. —_ o the onteome party conven Witor Lakeland Evening Telegram, {tions and the November election [ Dear S 1 hope you will allow ix, e I space in your paper ”"‘iRlNGL[NG TO SPEND WIN- | s vou did the Waybacks and TERS IN FLORIDA sandy Applejack. You would think te hear them write that they wer i oA 0 R LI oTie Bt b | some pumpkins” over here and this | 4 { five brothers of the well-known Ring | is to let you know that you are mis- [tiken. Syllic Wayback pushed along tirongh school by his father's influence in the church, He had not ought to be in our He ir too young and not smart enough to make up for it. And Sandy Apple- jack thinks he is a good talker in public. I'll tell you how Prof. Stufflebien said to me one day, “By- sander is a good talker on his feet,” and 1 said, “Well, if he is, it is the only subject he is a good talker on.” That shows what I think of him. 1 guess he knows how to gt other fel- lcw’s girls away from them, but some of us have made up our minds we have had to stand about as much oft of him as we are going to Please put this in your paper and cblige, Yours very respectfully PETER LEON CALL!USPACK. | ling circus, Loat built at a Lake Erie port for use is having a fifty-motor has been on Sarasota bay and along the Gulf | where he will spent next win- | class, REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. it is. The following real estate lranslersi have been made during the past week: F. W. Ohlinger and wife to D. B. Childs, Hebb Investment Co. to A. J Mobley, P. H. Hebb and wife to A J. Mobley D. Creer to W. H. Gill, E. C. Stewart and wife (o city of Bar- tow, Coddington & Chislett to Mary Zorian, M. D. Wilson to U. A. Light- say, essoms Investment Co. to J. W. Schiveman, Lake Wales Land Co. to B. F. Bullard, L.. L. Johns and wife to Mrs. W. H. Whatley, L. L. Johns and wife to Mrs. Ella Woods, Southern Land Securigies (‘0. to Mary A. Wil- 3 WESTERN UNION BUYS 10,000 TYPEWRITERS. | son, W. H. Lanier and wife to Mary - Tucker, H. Raulerson and wife to Jacksonville, May 24 ©or a long| Starke and Durrance, Fla. Dev. Co. to E. C. Allen, Bertha Randall to Dr. E F Carter; Dr. E. F. Carter and wife to Z. M. Bowden; Fla. Fruitland co.| ~legraph « advisa- riters for time the Western Unior Co. has been considerin= bility of purchasing tv;- its operators. This suby ‘i'a: be:n ;.oG. sl B U o l-‘rui: about the city. The tent is located agitated for years, a i the ad-|land Co. to J. A. Aasheim, Stone an 3 awess M i vent of the day and ni: ters and | Mann to . L. Moore; Nancy Fussell - "’w‘;h‘ vb?“l‘m.a:’i.,,h: m‘;.r.‘r;::::’:' the tremendous inc v ivlegraph jto L. T. Fussell, E. W ‘\"’-""mlpk:al-qn,”:h . h”r:;.; : \l: at 3:30 to | busi cssary to| i Miw A O MeRas, 0 W] 50" SN E0E grscipmrhsied | business, it was fo : £ T8 nAe 10 A e I morrow afternoon and tomorrow Loadholtz and wife to A. B Canter; 0. E. Loadhooltz and wife to J M| nes on the Maddox, J. H. Cammock and wife to the | D. E. Kelgey; Beymer and Collier to | |A. C. L. Ry. J. M. Langford and | wife to Standard Oi] ('o.; Mrs. Iena “herate of | Bates to D. I Terrill, Edward M. 1+ the most { Marks to F. R. Nelson; Barlow and iters ever | Saddler to Mrs. H. S. Dowlinz; J. F. ‘ypewrit-| Council and wife to FEaon and | iYmmg; Futch and Rogers to J. W | | Kimbrough, (layton & O'Hern to J. Jacksonville, W. Kimbrough, N. G. Wade and wife 4 motorcycle|to J. J. Myer; Johnson and Newsome to Gordon Keen. | use typewriters in their zi- gantic volume of hu i After testing all | market, for aboutr «i- | Western Union T an order for 10,000 urlters. to be ¢ | 1,000 per mon't gigantic sale o! | made in the histo | er business wonths, id 0 ed rwood tpye-| Co.; It is understood tha? has about thr lriders, Yto rehabilitate | DISTRICT MEETING K. OF P. { last night in Munn park, but owing COUBT SAYS WOMEN CAN DRESS AS THEY PLEASE. Boston, May 24. The Suprem: (ourt of Massachusetts has decided i that women are not bound to lift sheir skirts in alighting from stree: cars. Moreover, they have a right to wear skirts as long as they choose. Miss Miranda Martin was getting off a car some time ago, when her skirt caught on a sand plunger which projected from the front She was thrown to the street and sued the company. The company al- leged that the woman had been neg- ligent in failing to lift her long skirts high cnough to clear the plunger. In aflirming a judgment for $1,000, the Supreme Court holds that the WODDROW WILSON ISSUES L TATEMENT TO NEW JERSEY CONSTITUENT (By Associated Press.) Trenton, N. J., May 24. Gov Woodrow Wilson issued an address to the voters of the State in which Lo explained why he did not take the | stump for their votes at next Tues- ¥'s primaries, and aitack his op- ponents, who are trying get oan uninstructed delegation New | to from itself AT BARTOW MAY 31. A district mecting of the Knights v Pythias will be held in Bartow on plattorm. ! CHCAGD MAN GRENTLY INPRESSED WITH - LAKELAND INVESTS KEAVILY IN PROPERTY i IN THIS SECTEON WHICH HE : PRONOUNCES UNEXCELLED. i tield previous “Carefu] investiration on the has convinced me that my cpinion of Florida- this highland like pertion of Florida 15 an excel- invests 1. who has been lent location for home and ment was well founded,” says Dr, S. Darling, of Chicago, examining lands and studying the | local situation tor the past two weeks northern made purchases and who returns to his after having various picees ol property on and rear Lake Parker “Contlicting largely { tounded on jack of information or on untimely home N opinions, exploitation of tions of the State, S0me por- have raised some b the minds of northern inves- tors as to the present and future of Flovida,” says D, Darling SThere are thowsands who o have their minds made up to come here if industrial and social sutlicient encourage- soil, clinatic, conditions offer tient, and B0 oWas as o represontative ol a I made What found has convineed me thit Lakeland \\||l‘lu- ong ol the hig busine s cities of Florida and that s Take-dotted ridae will he oxceed - ivgly tew of my Iriends that this trip of investigation hive here poprlar with winter posidents avd tourists as well, I'he goverumen show than your city has doubled in population erery live years for the past fifteen, and | believe that strategic position and natural gqualitications will you acity of fift Biva u thousand in the Friday, May 31st. The begt trained s in the State will be there and seme real classy work may be ey pected 'STRIKERS AND POLICE FIGHT AT BUDAPEST (By ;\Sst)n'l.’llv(l Press.) May 24 as teree fighting this morning in the police The strike was to the Count to universal Budapest, There w between strikers and vided by the [ precipitated 1reets troops, by the clection speakership ol the Honse of Tisza, who opposed aff Six persons Kdled and 169 wounded., is have been BAND CONCzRT LAST NIGHT. The Lakeland Citizens' band played to a slight shower of rain the crowd was forced to hunt cover, and the concert was necessarily cut short. A good siized crowd was out, and all enjoyed the music very much REVIVAL IN DIXIELAND ‘ PROGRESSING NICELY. The Methodist South, ing in Dixicland Episcopal church, is conducting a tent meet- It is under the management of Pastor Jenkins and Evangelists McLeod and Wilson. Mr. Mcleod has been sick at his home at Bartow, but came In this morning, and expects to preach tonight The well attended and the interest is in- services hitherto have been creasing. A cordia] invitation is ex- tended to all the people of Dixicland, of Lakeland, and the community evening at 7:30 All who can sing are requested do take seats as n"ar: | aration are carly future “Considerable experience in Chi- coso and Minneapolis has shown me vhat the presence o fakes is of in- estimable value in popularizing and devcloping any city, and 1 feel sure that this has been and will continus to be your experience here You have already placed the shore lines o' the smaller lakes closer to the con- ter ot Lakeland in the $1,000-per- acre cla The next big movement will beyinomy opinion, toward Lake Parker, becanse this lake, wigh its twelve miles of chore line, offers crinducement s in the way of motor hoating, cailing, fishin ote, “From the standpoint of residents and tourists your lakes are your preatest asset and i ois these lakes the Nirt and most last- ing impression on the It is cansed me to invest in feet of Lake Parker shore line “khe railroads are certainly doing their share to agtract attention to the exceptional advantages possessed by this highland lake region, just as they have done for many another section of this country. “Where [ think you are particu- larly strong is that you have imme- diztely available for settlement as lurge a proportion of good lands as any other section of the country. This statement is based on careful person- a! examination of the rapidly devel- oping valleys of Washington, Oregon, Southern Idaho and California, and the Pecos valley and the Gulf coast country of Texas. A little later on you will have available for settle- ment a great deal of excellent gen- cral farming and trucking land, when plans for drainage now in prep- carried out “My friends and 1 expeci to be numbered among your permanent residents in the early future and wa mean to do our humble best in the development of this region. 1 came susceptible to conviction which ma arrival. has 2,000 new this impression which some down here but not ov anguine. 1 have exam- ined of soils at various dep ave srviewed the local as poossible to the organ AVINTOR- WRIGHT 15 settlers and the new ituation from many and e local resi studied th { different angles. The result has been that my frionds and 1 have purchased from HEB"“'"E “ulm Florida Lakeland Homes Com- n— a considerable holding of Lake (By Associated Press.) | Parker frontage ¢ nd grove land north Dayton, 0O, May 21 Aviator | ot shers and expect to add to this in Wilbur Wright, who has been ne 'ar'fl near future death with typhoid, is greatly xm— pr. Darling returns to Chicago to- n:orrow. ' proved.