Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, June 11, 1912, Page 4

PAGE FOUR. lfié Evening Telegram Published every 3fterncon from the Kentucky Build.ag, Lakeland, Fla.‘. Entered in the postoffice at Lake- 1and, Florida, as mail mattes of the second class. Ehi o o Cori i g b S e M. F. HETHERINGTON, EDITOR. PSR SRS e e el s B A. J. HOLWORTHY Bueiness and Circulatioa Manager. P o S s SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One year ....- ... $5.00 Six montbs ....... 2.50 Three months ... 1.26 Delivered anywhere within the lmits of the City of Lakeland for 10 cents a week, PRI ol C PR R I SR U O From the same office is issued THE LAKELAND NEWS & weekly newspaper giving a Te- sume of local matters, crop condi- tlons, county affairs, etc. Sent scywhere for §1.00 per year. Has the sprinkling L around to collect for his services the A CIVIC ALPHABET. The following is the coutents ] ciaear wihich is being sent.to ei- Louscke is quite applicable to Lakeland us well: A—Aim to have frequent “‘clean- up days. L—Banish the tin can district from your city. (—(lean up the backyards and al- leys. D—Destroy ing. 1—Educate housewives to demand cleun markets. F—Fine every club member who does not work. G—Give free lectures upom civic improvement, H—Have cumpaigns against un- sightly billboards. I—Iluterest city “clean-up” day. J—Join all torces for the anti-dirt crusade, K-—Kill sidewalk will kil] you. L—Let your slogan be: home, sweet home.” M—Make requests of preachers for the rubbish by burn- authorities in spitting or it “Do it for past week or so? No doubt that Paper” over at 8t. Petersburg, which is pub- Sunshine the sun does lished iree eve not shine, lur} the silver lining behind the clouds, is Jooking studiously One of the ates from Florida, when asked how he got tog Chicago, stated that the “churches; made up 2 jackpot and sent him.” Isn't thi= mixing religion and poli- tics 1o a certain extent? ! colored dele Herald The DeFuniak advises a recently nominated legizlator, when, he goes to Tallahassee not to “try to move the equator, nor change ||luu-.~i with the Atlantic and Pacific occans, as this reguires a amendment,” " Not sneh bad advics or S0 unnecessary, cither, in the « cmbryonic constitutional | HEE of some atesmen, There seems to be more impos=tors at work in Florida these days than ever hefore, Several of the eity pa- pers are advertizing that cevtain peo- | ple are going over the State soliciting subseriptions without anthority, ;nlui‘ cvery day a story of travndulent solicitor or agent, or faker | of one Kind or other, comes to light, The best plan is to deal only \\ilh(‘ persons who are known to yom, or| who can local credentinls. Many people, however, will give their car readily to any smooth stranger, even though he presents a proposi- tion they wouldn't entertain for a moment if one of their townspeople offered it. almost some produce The ‘oldest inhabitant™ has not given us his views on the existing weather conditions, but we have no doubt that he would declare the pres- ent rainfall as being 4 mery sprinkle compared with what he “long “bout the O matter of fact, that o fow decades ago such rainfall as we witnessed spring of 67 As it is stated by many Are now experiencing was not | considered unusual, but that of l:n--i years there has been o deficit in thed nornal precipitation, 1t is agreed hy that tor the past twelve ! there has been nothing like as all, however, Near rainy o senson asow, are now having though it is said thar in IS99 pres- | It is resi ont conditions were cqualled all old dents that an nnnsually yainy senis rather beneficial in its effects than the being | more healthy than drier ones. In (ln~| high part of Flovida, at least, there is no damage done by water, and we may thereore accept conditions philo- | sophically, comforting ourselves with the undeniable fact that there never has been a wet spell yet that was not eventually followed by fair weather, also the expericuee of sen- | reverse, such season The State chamber of commerce, or Board of Trade, which has been essayed unsuccesstully several times, 1in being projectod, Secretary | B, lean-uy'; felerks s 1 of commodities in [ their needs durin [tory “clean-up’ sermons, N—Next to godliness i3 cleanli-| ness, O-0r2 the children into! civie deagues, P--Plant trees, and then J»Lmtl trees, and plant more trees, Q- Question authorities about city cxpenditures, R-—Remember 1o plan pliy grounds now. S Study city ordinances and work tor their enforcement, T —Try to make the school build- ines social centers, U Ure every effort to arcuse citi- Zins, Vo Vauquish the opposition with zood nature, W increasing war upon al! Pweeds and mosquitoes, t obedience 1o the city san- Your city is YOU; never or- w0t that 7 Zeal, conrage and patienc, will the city, SUMMER ADVERTISING. Wiere advertising is allowed to drop or be cut down, trade drops too. The that the foree of profitably employed. Morcover there is a loss of trade that will never he made up. People will their old clothes and spend the money thus saved on amusements and travel, which otherwise would #o to the merchant for new clothes for themselves and children, new house turnishings and better food. One great end and aim of adver- tising is to persuade the public that i merchant’s name is not seen in the advertising columns for a period of ks, the impression of previous ad- sing is largely effaced. In many places the consumption | the summer vesult s not wear I8 very large so that a big potential | . 3 3 : txt e i l | some of the reception committee ot tade is merely waiting to be solicit- | . N : I L el b i the particular place of arrival so ;.~i ot copie require large s "w . | I I(‘ . '|””I ”I\'l“ to look after those who mav con | vication use, ey nee Jlothing, inf, % Ll e e ”. ]'. othin Any and all information abont st | catables an e 'l XS 1o i 1 liarl : ;M - ShILSUtES - it rond accommodatoins can be ol 11 ondiarly =uite ) g ceather, | A | ) tted 1o warm weather by writing to Mr. Robert Crain, e The merchant who drops his tising in the public adver- | savs in effeet tof i indifferent 1o i period of liberal Miami Herald ummer that he spending | RECORD WILL BE KEPT 3 |of 1t be a wholesome and happy one; OF CHILD'S SCHOOL CAREER. Every child in the clementary city schools of the United States is to b cord catalogued, and a runing his- of his entire school carcer in { the grades Kept permanently on file, daccording to plans formulated by in- vestigators whose report has just been issued for free distribution by the United States bureau of educas tion. Although this plan has just been inaugurated. it has the approval of the National Educationa] Associa- | Richardson. of the Board of Trade The plan at tical than has vaned Jacksonville taking the initiative present her amd as it does not | is more prac- totore been ad- a8, it may 1o con- fine the cfforts of th, Iv to t one proposition of advert h 1 a whole, and ea ity wlvert | 1 ) d ! L s ) ! v Olo carry o k simila n 10 ‘ nt < am vl s ! ‘ il orzanization has i n its operat 1 after one as much to commend it Iy working alm g abou su!l ements and b powerful aaxil the State's liary to progress La | tion, attempt | while some 300 cities have tually 00 pupils will be abulated With new card catale moin !l oper thus t the atior country nite and scic Vers aan be made to a large num- ol questions, the solution of st now 1 tessed in larg hild W oma ) hi rr to live .n a siyle wh xch nfl glve him the risht to demand big Premises from her suitors. per inAtlanta and whi- b | {Liight expe parks and | ‘\ al- | | ready begun 1o keep the cards. Even- [ . it is anticipated, about ¢,004,- | THE EVENING TELEGRAM, LAK ELAND, FLA, JUNE 11, 1912, " DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION (Continued frcm Page 1.) | s ! one may find accommodations on al- rost any scale desired. The committee made a searching inquiry into convention hotel rates and its formal report was to the ef- fect that these rates were by mno means exorbirant and amply justified. To meet the increased demand the hotels have been obliged practically to double their forces of employes for the convention week and, in or- der to get them trained. put them at | work a week before the convention cpens. In addition, the hotel man- agers have nearly duplicated their equipment of linen and tableware. The rate plan agreed upon is as fol- One of the first class hotels, for instance, where the normal charge for a room and bath varies from 32 to $7 a day, will charge as many persons as occupy a $3 room $3 encn, and those in a $4 room $4 each, but no one will be charged more than $4 a day even though he be one of the occupants of a $6 or The Hotel Managers' claims this is a fair ar- since otherwi lows: £7 room. sociation rangement, t to hire a fir, paying only a nominal service charge for each additional person. Such a service chargze, the hotel men v, would not cempensate them for the outlay for extra equipment and help necessitated by the convention. The hotel committee reports that the has raised cafe rates, and that room rates will run none of hotels | As- | a guesi | rocm and | put in it as many persons as he saw | as low as $1.50 a day. It declares that a comparison with prices ofi cities that have taken care of pre- | convention crowds and wita | ates scheduled in Chicago for | epiblican convention this ye that hotel charges here ar, as any and in Vious many instances | A hooklet issued for the conveni- of convention visitors contains rding cree the following paragraph reos this subject of food and lodg “Paltimore is preparcd to handlh a large crowd. 1t will he well to make reservations in advance. No ong need feel disturbed, however, if | reservations have not heen secured | in advance. A very effective plan has been developed whereby persons | arriving, without having made n-.-c-x-‘ vations, will be able to secure com- fortable quarters at no inconveni- ence to themselves, All that is need- ed, after reaching the city, is to make application at the official headquar- ters, These headquarters are down town on the first floor of the Equit- able building, Calvert and Fayette streets, A complete register is on tho file there of all the various grada- tions of quarters and accommoda- tions, from the dollar room to the more pretentious suites. If notice is sent in advance as to the time visitors expect to arrive in Balti- more, an effort will he made to have eral chairman, Calvert huilding, Bt | timope " —— As to Buy!ng. Whatever we wish to buy, we ought first to consider not only if the thing be fit for us, but if the manufacture and if, on the whole, the sum we are going to spend will do as much good spent In this way as it would if spent in any other way.—Ruskin. Whales May Live 500 Years. The land animal which lives the longest probably 1s the tortoise. Un- der favorable conditions 1t wiil live to an age of 350 or 40 vears. One died at the London Zoo which was sald to have attalned the age of 350 years. The ordinary whale lives to be §00 years old. No other antmal of the sea lives to be that old. Church on the Sahara, | The African Desert of Satir, 032 by 2,484 miles, is a Viecariate \;ostolie, | Its population is about 4.0 With ! the Vicariate is attached th. Sadan | The European Catholics r r 1,000 negro Catholics 600, It has ¢ 5 hospitals, lepers. — desolate tried th the lest John Howard S— ans Be care'ur c’ Your Guests, Some In' ter see ‘e habitation so { thinks he + Constitution, Trouble —Atlanta €ho" Le we Aesop probably is one of the most noted <laves that ever lived. The | fables and storfes he told have de- fighted kind for twenty-five huw- dred v ind there is no telling how | much " the world will continue | master |BALTINORE PREPARED FOR | T | (. A store that is prepared to fit every man for every or shine, morning, noon or after Regular men, stout, slim, fat, or short men. candle light. (. A store that ru gamut of correct things and the whole octave of fair’ (. A call will convince you of the truthfullness of the above facts, and will be appreciated_ | Deen-Bryant Building i N\ . E. F. Bailey ““ONE PRICE TO EVERYBODY"” This Store the Mecca of Well Dressed Men (. A store that looks beyond the edge of the money drawer. (. A store that's never tempted o buy things “a little off” in quality style because the profit would be larger (. A store that’s high in quality a4 style, carrying only high grade mer. chandise-~the best that money can by, and selling it at popular prices. : ocsasion, rain ns the entire prices. by the owner. PHONE 15 Scotch Rivalry, ‘ Glasgow and Edinburgh are,in the ' “popular” mind, regarded as rivals eternally criticieing each other—Glas- gow's sneering at Edinghburgh's “gen- teel pride,” an Edinburgh sneering at Glasgow's “commercial taint” and her smoky, sunless atmosphere. Princess street is regarded by many traveled people as the finest street in the world, but it was a Glasgow man who called it “only hauf a street,” because the buildings are all on one side.— London Athenaeum. The World’s Greatest Slave, to enioy them. Aesop was so de- formed that for a long time his Greek d not sell him, Fmally | he was ~o'd, and the master 'mmd: him s0 wise that he was set tree, Man First Carved Woman. A piece of stone, 18 inches high, on which is roughly cut in bas-relief the figure of a woman, {8 the oldest known representation of the human form. It was discovered by Dr. la-. lanne in excavations in the grottoes of Laussel, France, and is thought to be 20,000 years old. Scientists believe that it came between the ages of the mammoth and the reindeer, when the artist would bave used sharpened fiints as tools. NOTICE. bids will be received up to noon, wday, June 25, 1912, for story brick ilding for Mr the erection of postoffice and 1 . L. Sk Liakeland. Building to be en present postoth Bids w opened at 2 p. m Plans « it the offive } By order of J. L. SKIPPER, 1 DEALER IN | Real tstate:‘ i | | ufiice in Clonts’ Building, CITY AND COUNTRY PROPERTY— SOME FINE BARGAINS, GOING AWAY Before vou leave on that vacation trip Let US SUPPLY Your Traveling Needs Special prices prevail in every depart- ment. Let me show you my linc L 4 b THE HUB JOS. LeVAY Exercise Your Rmht > r) to criticize wherever you find anything in this store’s sc: rot please you. We welcome criticism just as we app < We Alm To-Make This Dry fioods M fff 25 nearly perfect as a human instita tion can be. And “: ° i 2nd grateful fs: your help with any suggestions that will help toward that result. CHILES