Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, May 25, 1912, Page 4

FAGE FOUR The Evening Telegram Published every ifternoon from tk Kentucky Build.ag, Lakeland, FIl tand. luss. M. . HETHERIN N [ comment A J. HCLWO!R s and Circulation Y ION RATES . §2.00 . 200 SUBSCRIPT One yuar ... Six menths ... Toree months Delivered anywhere within the limits of the City of Lakeland for 10 cents a week, From the same ofice is issued THE LAKELAND NEWS & weekly newspaper giving tions, county aflairs, etc. anywhere for $1.00 per year. “\What 1 am trying to do,’ is the title of an'article from the pen of President Taft. What t, do just now is presidenting, but it have to turn loose. It is quite evident from the rancor displayed by a certain wing of the Democratic party in Florida that they would infinitely prefer to deliv- er the nationa] government to Taft, Teddy or the devil rather than to Woodrow Wilson. That's the Kkind of spirit that has kept the Demo- crats out in the cold, cating the husks, for lo, these many vears, The friends of young Mr. Wiley, aged two weeks, and yet imbibing pure food from the most approved source, seem to believe in long en- gegements. They have affianced that peor young man, unsuspicious of what's coming to him, to a little Kentucky girl, a few months his senior. No surer way of mauking g | Entered in the postoflice at Lake-| 1a:ida, as mail matter of the Manager. a Te- game of local matters, crop condi- Sent he's trying to hold his job of | looks like he'lli gy 001g the Republican party take ! PRESIDENT TAFT REVIEWS he | a. | (Continucd from Page 1.) ity in this zovernment is the people, "1 is the people who, by deliberate o 1;1-,”0“ |judzment can effect a reform which ? | self to their hearts and {their souls and their minds, and it jr:atter “We have pending also ith Nica and Honduras to lcarry out the policy of the treaty j‘\\‘nh Santo Domingo and they ought [to he ratified. | “There are other aims of govern- i'"""” to which reference might be nade, movement look- aties such as the expendi- pos- and + through ion of practical | conservation acts; pare els post; re- tvision of currency laws and preven- [tion of scientific of {industrial conditions and interna- tional investigation of the high cost 3'(:1' living. But there is one snbject to which I would refer in conclu- sion: i government work | tures; penny pos tal economies; exte panics; study up the judicial recall as one of its tenets it would lose caste as a de- tender of our civilization a maintain- er of the constitution and an up- holder of justice. When we depart from the principles of the independ- ence of the judiciary we shall lose the valuable essence of the adminis- tration of justice and we shall retro- grade to the point where the history of the decadence of republics begins. I am not unmindful of the necessity tor judicial reforms. but that de- pends not on changing the character of the judges, but upon the change ot procedure, the expedition of judg- ments, and the reduction of the ex- pense of litigation.” HOW TO DEAL WITH THE NEGRO GAMBLING PROPOSITION | Editor Telegram i Will you please | HS OFFIGL POLIGES Lt the ultimate source of all author- | is upon them that [ depend in this | ing 10 greater economy and efficiency | THE EVENING TELEGRAM LARELAND, FLA, MAY 25, 1912. PARK TRAMMELL says: “It shall be the aim and pui- pose of my life to render an ef- ficient, faithful and loyal s2r vice as Governor of the State.” “I shall labor and work for those things whiclh will foster and advance the weliare of ALL THE PEOPLE." *I am grateful to all who voted for me in the first primary and en- tertain the most friendly fuel- ing towards all Florida Demo- crats regardles of whether thay voted for me or not.” PARK TRAMMELL'S name withont opposition will be oz the ballot, TUESDAY, MAY 28th. It will be appreciated, if when you vote, you will please mark your ballot: | | FOR GOVERNOR. PARK TRAMMELL. X PARK TRAMMELL ——————————————————————————————— place a piano in it, and at least ten NOTICE. sorry gamblers run that place, which they call the Jooke. There is where they spend their time gambling drinking whiskey and dancing. Again, question these saume negroes about their wives. None of them are really married. Why let them live shat way. | can remember that after they were free just as soon as a ne- gro was grown he would not rest until he got a license and on some Saturday night there would be a big wedding. So you see that they were more civilized then than now. I say fix the law so that the busi- ness man will have to keep the gam- | To All Whom These Presents May Concern: the 2Znd day of June, 1912, there will be a meeting of the stockholders of the Central Construction pany, a corporation, at the office of the company in the City of Lakeland, for the purpose of increasing the capital stock of said corporation from §10,000 to $25,000, and for the! purpose of altering and amending the charter of said corporation. This the 17th day of May, 1912, (. F. MERRITT. You will please take notice that on | Com- | i “ e e T FOR SALE City, Suburban and Country Propertics Homes, Groves, Farms at Real Valyes Flood & Hendrix, Owners BIG SALE ON Umbrellas and Hand Bags -for--- IMAY 20 ™ 26 Hand Bags at Actual Cost Don’t Forget to See Them at Secretary and Treasurer of said Cor- poration. 5-18-27 4-18 | | bling off his premises, As it is now i business man can't Christian. gambling premises, be a devout He is compelled to allow and blind tigers on his I wish that others would think the matter over and try to get something done in justice to the ne- gro as well as the business man that Obedience Not Always Good. Obedience is good and indispens- able; but if it be obedience to what is wrong and false—good heavens, !there is 1o name for such a depth of CHILES OWN AN AUTOMOBILE. CEMENT PAVEMENTS. We have contracted with the Sealed bids will be received ;o Studebaker corporation to sell E. M these two young ‘uns hate one an-|ajlow spuace in your paper for a few other cordially could have been de-'fiyes on the gambling subject, and vised by their doting parents. I'the laws that are made to govern the | same. In the first place | wish to say that two=-ithirds of the negro race are trying to make their living by gam- bling and selling blind tiger whis- key. Well, you might say that the ofticers are not doing their duty, but | say that in one sense their hands are tied. Some will say “lHow so?” turn to the editorial columns of these | ¢qp explain, and every business papers and you would think no one man that depends on negro labor but Underwood wis in the running. will bear me out in my assertions. The cold and unfeeling Assoclated Press comes along and compels the ingertion in the news columns that Wilson delegates outnumber those for Underwood over three to one. You cen read this in the news columns of any of the papers having the Asso- ciated Pre ce, and yet you may ! I can break up any man's business As against the reckless charges of jin four weeks if he is depending on an opposing candidate the people of [negro labor if they will elect me this section are referred to the state- [ sherift or appoint me deputy. |1 can ment as to the character and quali-! make two trips in a4 man's quarters is compelled to work the negro. | dc hope that our new candidates will try to do something on this line, Respectfully, J. K. MARSIHALL., — Fashion’s Dangers. Fashlon is dangerous, not only be- cause it swallows up fortunes and vir- tues, but because it reveals your most intimate thoughts to all who can read. human cowardice and ealamity; spurned eve stingly by the gods.— Thomas Carlvle, — Where Better Employed? Store Proprietor (hiring clerk)—"You know how to work a cash register? “Yds, sir; 1 was one of the first to get on to it. I can work anything from a taxicab to a gum slot, but they watch you closer nowadays.”"—Satire, i 1 a new | F. 30's and Flander’s 20's. Will have a 30 here about April 15. Aay one interested please call or phone and will be pleased to demonstrate and quote prices. Mr. Carl Gibson, spe- cial representative from the factory, will demonstrate either of the above models any timo within the next two weeks, S. M. STEPHENS. 3-26-tt G. C. ROGAN. 6 p. m.,, May 28, 1912, by th cil, for the comstruction of pavements in the town of Au dale, Fla. Specifications can bs tained by addressing the town The Council reserves the riz! ject any and all bids. Mark civ plainly, “Bid for Cement Paveni s E. B. LANE, Mayor W. D. Howells, Jr., Clerk fications of W, M one of the most distinguished and | respected citizens of Lakeland it would bhe hard the aver: man in this community to believe that ¢ W Deey Toomer made by mighty to get would give Lis unqualit el endorsement to any one who wan me opretty fair sort of m The find he Iy and asks advice as to starting al daily. cditor ot the DeLand Register anoeet up in his excellent week- We wouldn’t be so rash as rn. but we merely pass on thel gentle hint that it takes something else besides news to keep a daily moving, News is a mighty fine thing to hgve, but if you tell a bateh of hungry and high-priced printers to rcad the news and be happy on Sat- urday night, they'll get mad. Such is the perversity of human natur', advise, Let's ask Clande to make ‘em bring the presidents down to Flor- ida to inaugurate them, where the weather's fine, and they won't have to encounter a Washington blizzard on inauguration day. You Kknow, when Clande goes to Congress, all we'll have to do is to mention any | little thing like that, and he'll fix it for us pronto. He promises to over- throw all precedents - and, indeed, it appears that there will be very lit- tle use for other congressmen to 80 to Washington at all. Leave it to laude. He'll fix everything up beau- tifully, and needs no help to do it The Deland Register says that tourists who come to that town carry & board around which they stick in the crack of a fence so they will have a seat to rest upon. This is in com- ment on the fact that DeLand, a model city in other respects, has no public park. The park in Lakeland is one of the city's greatest adver- tisements and best assets. It is a source of much pleasure, both to Vvisitiors and home folks who enjoy sitting in comfortable seats amid tha beautiful surroundings. It is an enduring monument to the memory of Mr. A G. Munn, the donor, and DO one regrets the comparatively tmall expenditure that has been nec- €ssary to make it such a beauty spot. ; it ditlicult to print all the news . aind arrest his laborers for gambling or selling whiskey, and 1 will guar-| antee that he will not have enough ‘moon his place to start business at the end of four weeks, Well, what | van he do, 1lis only recourse is to | 20 10 the sherift and plead with him | to hother his men any more than ! can help S0 the that it ness it i i sherift knows will break the man in busi- he d o that is just the way every busi- | don’t zrant his r.-qun-s'.l Hess man s fixed inothe matter, Now, the question is, how are we soing to remedy this state of affy 1‘.\".’! Fhere is only one way to do it, and thict is to make an amendment to the ws of gambling and selling whis- One negro woman can take a e full of whiskey on pay day ard make enough money to keep a dozen men a1 week, and she will do it Now, | will suggest an amend- {ment on gambling, In the first place tax the merchant *hat sells the cards $500 per year. That would put the vards to cost at least $10 per pack, and then any parties caugh: gam- bling with eards, dice or other game of chance would be punished by two to five years in the State prison, or pay a fine of $500 or both of them nd if any person is caught with vards or dice or any other article of gambling is evidence that he is a gambler and should be convicted on the same evidence. And any man that knows gambling is being car- ried on in his place and fails to no- tify the sheriff of the faet, is an ac- cessory to the crime and will be pun- ished by the same law as the gam- bler. Now. somg will say that would break up the social game of cards in our homes. Well, it need not be, as we never hear of any crimes being committed in a good home from gam- bling or whiskey selling. Some will say that cuts the poor class out of having a social game of cards. This is all right. 1f you ‘are poor you haven't the time to fool away with a pack of cards. 1 would rather my family would entertain their friends with a game of solitude than a game of cards. 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