Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, July 11, 1912, Page 1

AL SCHOOL BOARD BUYS 414 \GRES N EAST LAKELARD 45 BULLDING SITE. The loca] school board has definite- k- Gecided upon 2 location for the school building, and plans have on ordered drawnm “for the struc- , which will cost in the neighbor- d of $200, 000. m location decided upon is in the jeinity of the Ball park, ;lw tract ving been purchased from Messrs. et and Norvell. In addition to he propeny purchased from these Lontlemen the school board also pur- G. o an adjoining strip on Hast g, metto street, which includes two . dences, one of which formerly be- Ip- aged to Dan Johnson. This gives school a campus 200 feet wide 1530 feet deep. The amount paid the property, including the two ouses was $6,500. The county school board has given e local board assurances that with- ten days after a location is decid- upon that the money could be se- bured, and prospects are now good or the work to begin on the struc- ure about Aug. 1. In case the work construction starts at that time, e building will probably be ready or use by Jan 1. Mr. G. B, Murrell, one of mm s of the local school board, stated his morning to- a Telegram repre- ntative that at the time the money as secured for the erection of the hool building on the south side, hat an additional $10,000 or $12,- 000 would be secured to build an ad- dition of eight rooms to the present hoo] building. He stated that con- itions would demand such an addi- tion owing to the fact that there are only eight rooms in the main build- 1g and that when the ‘“shack” in the yard is torn down there will not be sufficient room to accommodate the upils who will desire to attend that hool - d 0. 0 AEVIVAL INCREASING IN INTEREST AND ATTENDANCE. The revival meeting at the tent broke loose last night. Today the geheral topic of conversation in that #ection of the city is the success of the meeting last night. Mr. McLeod preached a masterful sermon on the text, “I am not ashamed of the Gos- e of Christ,” and he gave his theughts with peculiar unction and Jower. The audience was held under the spell and after the sermon there ¥ a general move. There is now &reat promise of a great revival. The &od thing is the unity and co-opera- tion of the people of that commun~ 17, and the attendance was splendid. The singing, led by Mr. Allen, is Ewing more and more popular, The ©mment was that.it was better last ri;hr: Those who are attending are @rning some of the most popular ’Wv { the nation, and they are en- M"x well attended. Mr, McLeod ( on some phases of prayer afterncon, a sermon which uld not be but good. he Yell to go early, Viteq to s and 7:30 p. m, T ———— SUPREME COURT ADJOURNS. lelah'\sspe July 11.-~The Su- Yeme Court hag adjourned until Oct, ‘;‘ {?r the summer vacation. Among s 5L cases' handed down this "% before adjournment were iy «orida z: Cottondale State Bank | two ¢ brought up from West eounty D Rent of ¢ AR TR 208 248 .muuuon service, at 3:30, is lose to the mark and set his ' thinking as they had per- ot thought before, and the re- | prediction is that seats will be '3 premium tonight, and it will be Everybody is in- tend and take part. Sery- ! Graceville and John Bowend Grace, in which the Judg- e lower court was affirmed. HE LAKELAND E Published BURGLAR WAS MILK HUNGRY CK TO THE FARM” FOR HIM, The enterprising burglar is a bur- gling and had for his festive scene of action last night the residence of Mr. J. C. Owens on KEast Orange street. Mr. Owens heard some dis- turbance last night in the rear of the house and on going out found that the refrigerator on the back porch had been relieved of some articles of food, lncludlng a pan of milk, which latter was found in the yard, evident- ly having been dropped there by the party who thought he was discovered. Mr. Owens will gladly give food to any hungry fellow who comes along, but gays that it will not be well for uyaue else to come there on a sim- ilar errand in just that same way. No trace of the intmder has yet been dheovered OROZED PLANNNG GUERILLA WARFARE Admits Defeat, Bnt Prepares to Ha- rass the Goverment as Much as Possible. (By Associated Press.) Juarez, Mexico, July 1i.—In the mmom house, where President Taft once met President Diaz, and where a yoar ago Francisco I. Madero, Jr., established his triumphant govern- ment, today sat General Pascual Orozco, weaving the torn threads of his unsuccessful military campaign against the federal government. While admitting defeat at the hands of the federals, he made it plain that the guerrilla warfare being planped is calculated to harass the government. - He said he held no ill will against the United States, as “this is a revolution by Mexicans for Mexicans.” EIGHT MINERS WLLED N MINE EXPLOSION IN WEST VIRGINIA (By Associated Press.) Moundsville, Va., July 11.—Eight miners are thought to have been killed by an explosion in a mine here this morning. A great blast was heard soon after they had entered the shaft. A rescue party found two bodies, but on account of the pres- ence of gas was unable to penetrate further into the shaft. It is believed the others are dead. SWEATS ON ONE SIDE ONLY. Central Village, Conn., July 11.— A factory employe naped Van Nesse is puzzling physicians because when he perspires he does so only on one side. Great dropps of sweat, on hot days, run down one side of his body, while the other side is dry. He has been that way all his life and says he has gotten over worrying about it. Asked what he thought was the reason he replied:. “Well, my father wes French and mother German and onp. or' the other knocked the other side of me out. Possibly the Gemn dried up the French part of me.” SAVES HER FATHER’S LIFE. San Jose, Cal., July 11.—After having been bitten by a rattlesnake, Joseph Eberhardt’s life was saved by his 12-year-old daughter, Anita, when she cut out the affected part of the limb with her father’s pocket knife and sucked the venom from the blood in the wound., Bberhardt and his daughter were scouring the woods back of Palg Alto when a huge rat- tler coiled and sprang at Eberhardt, Diting him in the leg. He swooned and remained unconscious while the girl resorted to the heroic treat- ment. WILSON WILL CONFER WITH CLARK NEXT (By Associated Press.) is to come here. Representative come next week. SATURDAY AFTERNOON Seagirt, N. J., July 11.—Gov, Wil- ‘won announced that he had set aside three hours Saturday afternoon for a conference with Speaker Clark, who It is stated that Underwood might in the Best Town in8 DAY, JULY 11, 1912, ° ONLY ONE MORE GAGE OF PLAGUE IT OCCURRED IN PORTO 'RICO, AND DISEASE SEEMS TO BE CHECKED. LAKELANY, FLORIDA" LORIMER, IN OWN BEHLF BETS P PEPPERY ILLINOISAN SPEAKING THIS AFT- ERNOON IN DEFENCE OF HIS RIGHT TO SEAT IN SENATE. (By Associated Press.) Washington, July 11.—Another fata] case of plague at San Juam, | Porto Rico, is reported to thel publie “| health service. This makes a total of 34 cases and 22 deaths on the is- land.. Five hundred rats were killed in the infected district of Havana, but nb plague wes found in them. (By Associated Press.) ; Washington, -july 11.—Lorimes began his speech in defense of his right to a seat in the Senate after Reed, of Missouri, made a bitter M.- tach on him. “It is true that the Senate has a right to deny me a seat on the fllm="" siest pretext, or na pretext at all. This 1s no joke; this is a solemn and gerious question. If the Senate de- cides to follow the views of the mh nolity of the committee, it will be travesty on civilized jurispruden (By Associated Press.) New Orleans, La., July. 11,—In or- bonic plague in Cuba and, Porto Rico, a mockery on justice. - It will be 1, the local health authorities provided declaration that the Senate has de-|for a ‘rat. survey.” The plans call cided to follow the red flag, that if|for $100,000, which merchants and has become an advocate of anarchyy|othors are expected to provide. Rats and has adoptéd the doctrine of fare to be gathered in every section call, as advocated by its arch chams|of the city, especially on the water plon.” He attacked the Chicago pas|front, and carried to experts to be pers, and sald the Tribune paid taxes|examined to ascertain if they have on $420,000, while its® property ig{fleas which. bear plague germs. All warth ten million. He said the Nevl; ‘essels entering the port are required occupied land, the street rental of |to use precautions to keep their own which is one dollar a square foot, and | rats aboard and: prevent New Orleans paid mo taxes, while less valuable|rats from visiting them. land across the street rented for $3.50 a foot. He charged that Vic-| PERMIT TO BURY MAN'S LEG. tor Lawson, editor of the News, was ; tryng to drive him out of publi Minpeapolis, July 11.—Without cl “If ‘the State’'s attorney w':% precedent in the Minneapolis city treat Lawson as he would treat health department was the permit is- mer, if he were the transgressor,'sued for the burial of the amputated Lawson and the chief clerk in the ag-|leg of Alec Watt, of Melrose, a brake- sessor's office would be in the peni-|man. tentiary for conspiracy to cos in such cases and it was the first fraud.” of the kind issued in Minneapolis He also attacked Gov. Deneen, of |according to the health authorities. Illinois, in connection with schoo! |Interment took place at Layman’s taxes. cemetery. WEST VIRGINIA COLLEGE PRINCIPAL SUFFERING FROM MENTAL DERANGEMENT CAME HERE TO SECURE 'LOCATIO N FOR A COLLEGE AND MIND SUD- DENLY BECAME AFFECTED TO ALARMING DEGREE. The law requires burial per- do anything of the kind, but was go- ing to make everybody rich and hap- py by putting the whole country on a cash basis. He tried to buy sev- | eral business establishments in town, including the First National Bank, and told the Evening Telegram that: if we would build a building four keeping, as he had become violent|fjocks, Jong, fill it full of presses and In his actions. | linotypes and send him the bill he Mr. Rinker came here last week |would pay it, and then present us and looked over several pleces of|with the business as a gift. property, stopping while here with| Ajthough in his unbalanced state, some.friends, Mr, Gibbons and fam-{pe evinced an. unusual fund of in- ily on South Florids avenue. He isiformation along all lines, and could a man of fine appearance, and prom-|ps haye had the means to have car- inent in his home town, having been president of his own college in Mar- tinsburg for the past twelve years. For varlous reasons he decided to move his business college to Flor- ida, and, having heard of Lakeland, came here to look the situation over. He became enamored of the country at once, and purchased several groves, his ' purchases amounting to about $20,000, for .all of which he gave notes. Tuesday he was all right, but that affernoon he began to act queerly, and yesterday he began to talk ex- citedly on all questions, and it was seen that he had become mentally un- balanced. He was immensely pleased with Lakeland, and stated that he was going to make everybody in town rich; that he was going to put four hotels and five business colleges on every jake; that he was going to 80 into the automobile business and run cars aroupd Lake Hollingsworth at 10 cents & trip, and that he was g0- ing to make Lakeland outstrip Jack- sonville and Tampa in about two weeks. He also said that he could put J. Plerpont Morgan out of business in ‘twenty minutes and start a panic Coming to Lakeland last Friday to secure some lands upon which to build a bul;npll' college, Prof, C. P. C. Rinker, principal of the Rinker Com- mercial College of Martinsburg, W. Va., yesterday became mentally un- balanced, and officers last night were forced to place him in jail for safe would indeed have grown and ex- panded as no other town in the coun- try. As stated above, he grew violent later, and was placed in jail for safe keeping, until tonight, when he will be taken to Jacksonville by Officer Dan Marshall, who will turn him over to friends who will take him back to Martinsburg, W. Va. Prof. Rinker has the sympathy of everyone in his calamity, and all are hoping that his trouble will be of only temporary duration. The Osceola county commissioners have appointed a committee to in- vestigate the advisability of bonding the county for $500,000 to build good roads. The committee will make a thorough study of the cost and other features appertaining to the con- struction of the highways, and em- body their findings in a report.—Or- lando Reporter-Star. HAS LOTS OF KIN NOW. e Best Part of the Best THIRD PARTY ADVOCATES yesterday from the Roosevelt head- quarters to the effect that the official call for the convention had Dbeen mailed him, chairman of the third party move-: ment in Florida, had no definite an- nouncement to make yesterday rela- tive to the State convention soon to be held. terest was growing in the movement every day and that supporters of the new party in many sections of the State are- busy. and Jacksonville have been men- tioned as meeting places for the con- vention.—Jacksonville Times-Union. ' TOZAYS RESULTS OF Americans Continue to Best all Com- ganizing a campaign against the bu-| "I Quite a number of the members were | restored a motion was carried to ad- | journ to meet again the first Wednes- ried out all of his ventures, Lakeland | Woodrow Wilson, Democratic nom- inee for the presidency, is a relative State. TO MEET SOON. —— Further than receiving a telegram Col, H. L. Anderoon.l He sald, however, that in- Gainesville, Ocala OLYNPIC GAMES ers in Contesty for Athletio Prizes, . (By Associated Press.) Stockholm, July -11.—Ralph Rose of the Olympic Athletie Club, won final in the weight put, right and left hand. Patrick J! McDonald, Irish American, was second, end E. Iklander, of Finland, third. (By Associated Press.) Stockholm, Sweden, ‘July 11.— u /% Hon, Ralph C. Craig, of the Detroit Ath- m“? el oy o letic Club, won the 200 meters flat tare (or m ) o it race at the Olympic games this morn- ing, adding another final to our list of winners. In the 110 meters hur- dlo preliminaries the Americans took eight of eleven heats.. The sgore| stands: United States, 72 points; Sweden, 56; Great Britain, 47; Ger- many, 23; France, ‘19. NEWSY NOTES FROM THRIVING ICOMMUNITY - ~ OF MEDULLA July 3, the Good Roads Association, met at the clubhouse on Banana lake, present. The meeting was called to order by our worthy president, . It being a little late, the rules were | waived and the president appointed present year. Other committees were appointed. Several united with the good cause. After order was again day in August with Mr. and Mrs, H, J Drane, at 1:30 p. m., where and when we hope to have a full attend- ance, Christina l’oltofloe Moved. The Christina postoffice has been moved to the Standard Phosphate plant without changing the name. It s still Christina office. Our farmers have been very busy 1 | | showers. School Opens. ; School opened Monday we, learn 1with a light attendance for Medulla, only about 75 being enrolled. We hope to hear of more coming in seon. We ought to have a good attendance as we have a fine corps®of teachers. Rev. T. J. McMullen was sum- moned this afternoon to attend the interment of the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Johnnie, Wetherington. The little one was not well for gev- eral days we learn, but not thought serious until affer night fall 'last night when the mother saw her babe growing worse. She sent a phone to the father at Prairie Pebble where he was at work, also for a physician, but before either arrived the babe was dead. The sorrowing ones have the sympathy of the entire commun- ity. WOMAN ON TRIAL FOR MURDER OF HER SON-N-LAW (By Associated Press.) in-law to get insurance. throughout the country in half an hour, but that he had decided not to| this city.—Ocala Banner. e ————— of Mrs. Bdward Badger and family of mysteriously killed. and acquitted for the death of ome 6RO CALL ISSUED FOR IMPORTANT tural department of Florida, dressed to nnmei'ous orange growers and uhippm of the State (and pub- lished by the State press generally), | suggesting that a commission of scientists, ;o—vit the director of the ntflculturu ‘experiment station, the chemist of the agricultural experi- ‘| ment statton; the professor of chem- istry ‘of- the State University, the president of the State Horticultural | July 6, 1912, organized and dis- with thelr the trustees for the remainder of the | recently stripping fodder between‘ Mobile, Ala., July 11.-—~Mrs."Mary T. Godau was placed on trial for her life charged with poisoning her son- Her three husbands either disappeared or were She wad tried CITRUS FRUM 10 CONVENE GATHERING AT GAINESVILLE ON AUG. 15, NEXT. The circfilu Jétter of the agricul- ad- Society, State chemist of Florida, be''requested to formulate a standard for ¢itrus fruit, to be sub- mitted to. 4 ‘convention of citrus growers M shippers. for their adop- tion or rejatt{on, has met with gen- eral approve “W tha citrus growers and shi \ sion met at Gainesville, cussed the problem nnnnm and This commisslon will be prepared to “report "thair findings, together @Mggestions for such Itlndlrdl, uxu. 16, 10185, o Therefore, ugtice is hereby given that a convention of citrus fruic growers and.'shippers of the Stats of Florida s hereby called to meet in Gatnesville, Fla, at the Florida agri- cultura] experiment station, at 12 912, to receive the re- appointed to consider the Suggestions, and tenta- tive standards -ifecommended by the 'tm' eitrus fruits, im- mature; or Muro, adopted by this commlssmn‘ .lll be accepted and fixed by th cultural department as proyid . law, for the informa- tion and g‘\i}dme of the department, and all partics interested. Very resp».ctlull!. i W A Mcm Comnfifi)bner of Agriculture. R, BE. ROSE, State Chemist. {Times-Union.) The Florida State Good Roads As- soclation has recommended to the Legislature the passage of a bill look- ing to the"jmprovement of the roads of the Statel® It proposes the creation of a smmm ¢ommission to be com- posed of théitrustees of the internal lmpmvemlnt\mud whose duty it shall be to lay,.ont, a system of roads throigh the' various countles run- ning as nearly. as practicable from county seat to county seat, such roads 1to be contimuous and connected and platted as State highways. It also proposes the employment of a competent engineer at a salary not to exceed'$8,500 a year with travel- ing expenses, to be known as State highway commssioner and an aseist- ant, if nedeisary, at $100 per month and .traveling expenses—these to col- fect data, for the State and furnish advice and\agslstance to the counties desiring thelr ‘services. The passagé of this bill would not entall a hédvy expense on the State, but we think it would give an im- petus to W building. It would fur- nish to the counties a competent ad- viser for their work and it would tend to the mnification or at least the connection' of the various county plans. Much of the work that is now befng done in the State falls short of the best resfilts because it is discon= nected. - ‘Bach county acts for itself regardlesd'''of a]l others.—Times- Union. It is rumored that Fort Meade is to have a new railroad, extending from Tampa via Ruskin and from Ruskin to Fort Meade, thence to Ar- cadia and points east.