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‘fHE EVENING TELEGRAM, LAK ELAND. Py, ng son of Rev. and s confined to his ¢ oyou . J. R. Cason passed through Lakeland this morning enroute to A we regret to note. Haines City, where he went in his e el jofficial capacity as presiding elder. : \[ Holland and children | DR . points in Georgia and | Mr. J. L. Skipper and daughter, & .. where they will{Miss Ruth, leave tonight for Wash- N R ington and New York, where they inder of the summer. Ewin anl vesterday in Bar- .t the day very | My Merver, i spending today nddaughter, ner first o1 has retirned from + hie went about ten or zoods for his store y-Biryant building. gone to Cor- Quitman, where she ciends and relatives for Her little son Pooth has e AL Ga., McCollough from Fresttproof, (o pent some days, en- (nid bathing which . 8 to learn that Mre oW o oand i Lis improvement, ontbear and tamily are located at their hand- Hollingsworth, P ke cased from Mro T Eaton and Bites tovmed M Faton, Mrs | R i 6 o Tampa tods Mr. Date: the wree shipment of laces, "W tine car perintend ‘rom France and Switz- i1 Holbrook and children tor Atlanta, Holbrook, who is spend- thore far the I e tiring the latter is improv- ths feel that it is best for remain in a higher al- rington and fam- Leir vacation very proot, where they have U week and where they time yet, The ne s especially good njoving life im- ome s, who joined Mrs, come up to be Mary | hirth- | (hase a fine stock of | A He has had | s, and his friends | un-! summer months | 'will spend two or three weks. Mr, i Skipper will combine business with pleasure on this trip and both are ex- pecting 10 Lave a most pleasant jour- 'ney. i The fire alarm sounded this morn- oi the Luilding was on fire. The blaze was <-\um.ulshod by the workmen before | Other ] the fire department iscene. The {ing to the fu ness broke reached the latter were delaved ow- that part o/ the har- as it was being put on the horse, however, while waiting for the wagon the reel was taken over, but the firo was by that time | extinguished, Mr. F. Edwards Ohlinger, of the firm of Ohlinger & Alfield, returned from Frostproof today. Mr. Ohlinger states that real estate is moving rap- idly in that favored section of our | prosperous county, and [ could not be more propitions for the steady development the well- Pknown “Frostproof Lake Region™ In evidence or of the de Whle 3 products of that growing section, Mr {Ohlinecr finest products, yenne prospects ol some of nature’: a six-pound smooth | Pincapple from the pinery ’ut’ Mr. F. E. Jaques, who has been hrought us one | raising pincapples for several years!* ta* Frostproof with constantly | { creasing demand and higher | i Discreditable Point. ! It Is in every way creditable to handle the yard stick and to measure prices. | | | | | ing and it was found that the roo! ot the Lakeland Manufacturing Co.'s | | | | | Land corner MR. SMITH PUTS KNOCKERS IN PROPER CLASSIFICATION. Lakeland Evening have noticed in the last few day: several editorials in reference to some so-called real estate dealers in Lakeland, and, as dealing in real e:- tate is my sole business, | felt some interest in finding out who the par- ties referred to were. 1 went to the secretary f the Board of Trade and secured the letter written to the in- quirer by the first party you referred to and 1 am free to confess that | was somewhat surprised at its con tents. The writer of this letter h'x~l lived in Lakeland perhaps two| months and knows practically noth [ ing of the country surrounding Laks —; land, its opportunities, ete. IHe i { not a mewher of the Board of Trad: | nor even a Polk county taxpayer. 1 secured from the ftiles of the secert tary of the Board of Trade the nam oo this inguirer and then wrote hin thit he was writing 1 this stud Board of Trad = untrue as hi Telegram, ! the request of the This statement wa deseription of Lakelond, its limat and territory wis. \We, as member Board of Trad . feel that it i presumption and an imposition o the Board of Trade for this er an party 1o seek o obtain the benefits from the Board of Trad without =pending oue penny to keep ! it up. We are anxious to have all good men join the Board of Trad: l and help us to advertise to the world i Lakeland’s wonderful advantages | and opportunities. But we must in | sist on at least a reasonable degrec | 0 veracity, It is not necessary 1o exaggerat: | iv advertising Lakeland. The truty | is all that is necessary to bring re sults, and 1 do not belicve that th Board of Trade or the Joval ecitizen | will feep that they have sustained any great loss when the writer o tie above mentioned letter shall hike and take up his abode in M s he states he will doin the neq futnre, We are in this fight to wir to make Lakeland the | tinlan town i the State within the nest twelve months We are onrselve lere trom the simple fact that we nr best location in We have lived | during tha section ] a betier | | We time in vd Lakeland is the the Sgate of Flovida here eight S and We Ved arched every of the tor cinnot find gt lot all tiine have State place; we hinve | astoour for Lakoe- | | tape; the onl,\ discredit is in having | Land, and we will thank the hooster , & soul whose rance of thought is as short as the stick and as narrow as the tape.—Horuce Mann, And Then Silence. Mr. Grump (with newspaper)— “Here's un odd case—a woman mar ries one man, thinking he is another.” | Mrs. Grump—"“What's odd about that? Women are doing that all the time.” where they go | ‘ NEW FORDS COMING. On account of heavy demand for Ford cars, the Ford Motor (o, has been way behind in filling orders, s0 that we have not been able to get a Ford car since early in Junebut we now have six enroute, which should reach here today, and as so many want these cars that we not possibly supply all out of shipment, we are going to observe the rule first come first served, give us your name and the cash, and we will book orders until supply is exhausted. We carry a line of Ford ! parts, and also have on hand several cars of different makes for which we are agents. can this S50 last week. writes \mericns, hav. | FAKELAND AUTOMOBILE ~ AND e visit with rela.| SUPPLY cO. orts plenty of good | By D. . Sloan 8-12-2 i and nice, cool mbination for a *r and one that in- vacation, is planning to 1¢ on Missouri f the house now ) AU o MecIntyre's t liave not yet de- Will move. Mrs, * number of the house, a new room adding AJESTI THEATRE 0O000VO00BOOODD tate men than the city of 1. Meet Me at the Majestic Tonight. DODOOOOOOOOOODG i Weteee ™ L0ES Avp canopens THEATRE —— £ OF MONEY, Drama.) TION OF THE CROSS. n—Drama ) Y ANARQUISTA. ‘“dt—Drama.) S * | I’rouram for Tonight, | THE l.lTTLL (Essanay BLACK BOX. Drama.) BUNNY AND THE TWINS. (Vitagraph—Comedy.) A STRING OF PEARLS. l (Biograph—Drama.) OPEN AT 6 P. M. |General Admission...10c (ChIdren, Wnder 12..,56] et VI8 L JRo-00-0-0-00000000404--009-004-0-04 for Miami or any other cection of the , ; made of fox, coon or wildeat skin. P wading birds dis | In multitude Doctor Harkov, a Russian savant, Lonce aflitmed that Samara, on lhn\‘ [ right bank of the ‘Tirrus, near dad, is the oldest ity extant AUG. 12, 1912, Pasto n Sanit Merited Rebuke. Whe icl 8. Colber was preach: Ing in an old log schoolhouse fn John son nty, Missouri, In 1852, his consrecation was quite small. One Sund I were sitting at the desks forward near the puncheon floor. | The sermon was monotonous and the ‘l old log seats had no backs. Obsery- Ing the sleepy, downcast look of the | congregation, the minister woke them | up by shoutinz: *“Arouse, heaven is | not under the floor!" | e B L | | | Kaw Indian Chief Remembered, Hernry Bluejacket, a celebrated an’ Indfan chief, visited central Missour] | in 1833, He spoke English well, was gentlemanly and agreeable in his de- | portment. He was physically large | and handsome. His dress was a loose sack hunting jacket of blue cloth with | fringed buckskin legging and moce- casins and a foxskin cap. Contrary to | the usual custom among Indfans, the‘ | Kaws usual'y wore caps on thelr heads | Oriental Politeness. In China when a subsceriber rings up i the exchange vtor may he ex- | | | ¢ ope pected to ¢ “Whit number does the hon o son of the moon and stina desgive?” “lHohi, twothree.” Sl lerce. Then the oxchinge resumes: “Will the honorable person «raciously forgive the inadeneaey of the inslgnift | cant serviee, and permit his humble | slive of the wire to inform him that | the never-to-be-sufliciently-censured- line is busy?” | Australia Would Save Birds. Strong protest is being made South Australia against the romlnunl slaughter of such rare birds as the ibls, the egret, cranes and spoonbills to sup- | ply the demands of milliners. The slaughter renders South Australla even more prone to plagues of grass hoppers, and {s a prime cause of the decline of its fish resources. As the appear the crustace- ans that destroy fish spawn increase Discovery of Carborundum, randun st was produced by i'v experimenting a with ¢ loepened to place ear- bon «leet connected with o dy. namo into contiaining some cerushed coke and clay Oldest City in the World. now discovered show { I flourished before the arrival of the Semites in Chaldea or \l«wn]ml.nml 13,000 13 . WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, SILVERWARE AND CUT GLASS =—————= ARK === GUARANTEED A REPRESENTED “Claims" have worth only when backed by deeds. Shouting by merchants as to what they can do for the trade is mot as convincing as a practica] demonstra- tion. I prefer the demonstrative way —the shorter, surer way. Please report any GOODS that do not wear as represented. H. C. STEVENS JEWELER LARELASD. 0 FLorma '% 3 ELIMINATE DISTANCE Always In The Lead \ That's What we | ! Phone | Your & Order Alm To Be 4 Always in the lead, when ! It comes to fresh, pure, | Ton’t try your ¢ .per or 3 | patience, simp.y go to full-strength drugs (ot~ | rour telephone and call 62, atd yon wiil be con- neeted with onr Specla! let artlcles, sundries, ana 4 all drug store merchap- 4 5 o Order Department. What- Ve dise. You'll he satisfied ever yeur particular de § .Ev when yeu deal at our sire may be, wo'll take ] b5 L e care of it with satisfac- J cryvice ! vl g s | tory guods and sstisfac- i ‘g, pleasing in every way. tory grervice, M | ol - # il € - > it HENLEY & HENLEY THE WHITE DRUG STORE State to remain on their own nativ Pheath, 1o hoest the Jocation of i choice, or he may come here to carry ot his boosting of his far-away town, | but he must not attempt to climb to PACKING " U suecess by misrepresenting our own | Copper color is frequently combined beloved Lakeland, i with dark blue. - In regard to the second party yon J":?Cd ‘;;"'""""" for tho hair are | Phone 279 R. P. BROOKS Fla. Ave & Main S ' i much in evidence. JHEHLIORR iy YR 6 Holl] : The apache collar has a rival in the DA' LY ME Nu dealer who showed the newcomer modified Medlcl collar, : the snukes erawling ont of the lakes, | Oriental forms and colorings hold | Beef Cuts—Florida. Pound.| Pork Cuts, Kansas ("t! Pound and other such stuff, 1 beg to say that | strong in evening costumes. loin steak o..oovvviiennnnn., 150 [Chops . ...\ el 25e it the development of Lakeland and | Many ribbon-trimmed hats are belng | 1 pone steak ... .... S I8 | Roast .. seeves 308 its surrounding country is dependent |8hown In the smart shops. 7 bone steak ......... ety 120 | upon a class of real estate dealers, Paragols of white llnen aro more Round steak .......... 64 12: (I~|"“|?n (l:x?ltl: rfl.: such as this fellow is, the streets of popular than ever this season. loin roast 15e Sl '... SRR e e n" Lakelnne: world: vars soon. e, crowt Parasols of odd shapes, such as - """ 2o e Chops, Feench « covsivvsssnsss 30e ’ (U Very soom e BroWn | eounre, are ndopted this season, Prime rib roast .. .. ch: SRS R un in tall, Jong-leaf yellow pine This | oy pandbags show the continued | Plain roast . ... ..... AR 10¢ | suonlder . .. so-called real estate dealer o what | ygo of fabries in preferenco to leather. (ROl DOUBE oo osivvirnsninesin 1ae | o reputable real estate dealers call l One form of the front skirt panel I3 ‘ LT A P e DI 8¢ Ham, boile curb stoners; they are in the busi- [ a loogo squ:nr;nl)n.n an apron of trans- | stew, choice = 10¢| f1am. smoked AT 26e s for all they « ve 1t of jt, | parent materlal. | S 3 ;:‘ :h::r" ,‘,2 g : \..',H;" ,:I::I::,:,, ”‘il: ‘ ,l The pretty flowered foulards are cs- ‘;anccx‘ (i:“t‘tk‘—x‘m“‘ Cnty Pou.{'_‘{. |"?"""- Fl‘h'"d b zs;:‘ r"“mwm‘“:”“ " "“m‘_w . .| pecially appropriate for the frocks of: ol LT ""l Pacon, whole strip ......... o Sl )omllful maldens [T bone steak ...l B0 AN pork sansage . 20e Mot looking for them; e wouhl N0t Sawhinuml ™ ihe Tow Duteh nieck 18 [7 DONO Bteak <. oo vveesinsinns 20¢ Beef and pork siusige 124 know where to Irok. But 1 ITC S geen so frequently. high transparent | found steak 2he after the homeseelor with the ame | eollars are very fashionable. Rib roast ... be Extras. conning that the eat i after 1o rat, ! »|'llu-, new 1l‘w]);ul l(-hilmn:; :n'ro] e!y- L T R e e B e 9he Georgia peaches Dally. 2 rhe hey et i Cares lquisite. In bold stripes or shadow, P . 3 :,:::"“,':,,TI S‘“l“;. ; HII»Inu' . ‘h,.‘llml""'"“ they are spangled with tiny ‘I?:'rkqCuts—Flondn. Pou{lll‘(.i‘: Fox River butter . 4ve claws of the cat. Their cntr cap- | Crystal beads, suggesting dewdrops. "'_" splbinie ) R B Brookficld butter .. ... ... .... 35¢ et thoiiiia s A suit of dark blue silk serge is |lRonst Plmuntto cheoss 2 tor 2e i i i thujr el the o ade wonderfully natty and attractive | Ham .. .. " d i abuse they arc able to leap upon rep- with trimming of primrose messalln® [Shoulder ... . .......ouun.. 15¢ | Small cream cheese. - 2 for 26e utable real estate men, s de-lat foot of skirt and edges of the coaty (Stew .. ... ... .......... 12¢ | Dixie cheese . 26¢ voting all their time and o ad-land with a milltary effect in round GIVE US A TRIAL. vertising and boosting thi tion, | brass buttons on coat front. S 5 il and this class of dealer: of | — the greatest detriment: 1o 1 vel- H opments of this or any othor tion aymO“ There is not a city in 1 ited I lieve just opened up a first-class grocery store at 216 S. States who can boast a ol umrv[ Floridie avenue and invite your patronage. My stock is all fresh reliable, and honest, set of | es- and clean. Below are some low cut prices on first-class goods: nd BrOS Fan'y Patent Flour in wood, one-half barrel Ard we are still doing by’ and a 17 pounds Sugar ......... will do more, regardl the : R ol Cobnot . llrfsh Potatoes, per peck. . krocks of the curb ston 1000 e bt Bttt 3 Coffee, ground, per pound. rent, or temporary roal « man St ST Lima Beans, per pound We are in the fight to win rein | o Black Eye Peas, per pound. it for Lakeland, and 19147 1be suznt $10 11 Butter, per pound nock every knocker Lard Compound, per pound JERAMIAI I ] Best Han s Pacon (by the side), per pound . Evaporated Peaches, per pound But One Official War C'y e L el b In the very early day rench feet. Compont . hef 10 bad ‘heir “Cri de ¢ the | ™ = ; Bcotch their slogan, and * '?"_Sh Sest Wit the side) thelr war cries, but <o cries g were launched by the ¢t great Paariltn: 3 i British lords that in 1497 ;-* ment |TCATHNC passed a special law for! - these ¥R e ic B cries, on the ground tha ‘D)"')’ Lenox Soap. por ke ing hut = bal 0o ety B Goune o e King |Alnga Syrun, o Dealer in PG Pest Flour, per half bbl $2.05 Gritts and Meu!, per sack $2.49 Stap’e and FanCy Grocerles zator pg t hav «n COR | Salt, per sack ......... 6o i?r’u:.’ih"°.'f.‘,fi‘;,x n o] " 216 S. Florida Ave. ¥ Phone 334 try decrease the tempertt vreck f1deal Butter, per Ih. . ably and cause an nc s ber of foggy days Seda, per box ....... $ and § e