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fhe Evening Telegram| Published every afternocon from the Zentucky Buildwng, Lakeland, Fia. Entered in the postefice at Lake- wnd, Florida, as mail mattec of thel, second class. M. F. HPTHERINGTON, EDITOR. Pk U S S A. J. HOLWORTHY . _Business and Circulatioa llnlnr. SUBSCRIPTION mm Rix monthe Three mouths : Delivered anywhere withi Jimits of the City of W oy 300 “for 10 cents a Week. THE LAKBLAND NEWS » weskly pewspaper glving & sume of loeal matters, crop condie] ™ ‘tions, county affairs, ete, Sent out of a commurity ds to elect of- Iflcers who have & deep-rooted per- sonal objection’te sueh anlmals and are full of persomal: ,pnt.i'ndum in' it The to have done that in the local ‘election iast the work of driving: ‘them’ 'i’uosdny ‘when ,they elected James Paul, muter Ilac!mn}e of the A. L., to thefoffice of mayor by a muorny, on i’ platform distinetly lasted its usefulness, and even if it ere ‘true, the Smth will have u The be best way to run “blind ugers“ { of his visit to t '! whero he commanded a divi ‘ot conm erate infantry forty-nine years: ago !u:ission, he says: “The work of the commission wag lca.refully and thuroughly dore; the entire field was examined and the spot selected for the Florida mong- ment is one of thp very best in the t park. The monurhent tself, ch will be erected at a ‘of m on the field, and will _m.‘ cated during the general réunion of the United Confederate Veterans at | Wm next April, when the ‘and thousands of other wvery Southern State, 'will be present to witness how Flor- ida remembers her sons who upheld the honor of her flag in one of the bloodiest battles of one of the blood- iest wars recorded in history.” G00D WAY TO DRAW THE | CROWD AND HOLD IT, T00. vconcernmg the work of the com-' {editor, I was , 191 A D0G smn A G0O0D MORAL. The other day, writes a Misspuri riding on a railroad train when ¢ medium-sized dog dashed out from a country home and chased after the train. He was evi- dently a dog who saw what he con- - POLITICAL umonnch o Mot Faster Than 70 Miles Per - gidered to be his duty and md i to do it if it kifled him. For a few rods the race between the train. ‘and | th the dog was even, then the train be- gan to draw away and evidently the ;. dog was getting near the beundary of the premises ke Was gusrding.|i When he reached the linie he stopped with’ keen satisfaction om his face |y that came from a sense of duty well performed. He was saying {0 him-~ gelf in dog language, “There is an- other of those Infernal things thac 1 have chased away. That makes five today already. If it wasn’t for “Fwe to watch things ‘round here| smoking, tooting things would ‘take this place. I don’t know what williry become .of these people if 1 over get 1dges, steel equip- | °F tougher | Slection Oct. 21, 1912, ment and fn everything but It the Cen-. | ‘We Arve Authorized to Annoyn 83 a undldate for mayor, city It the race to win, ang “hour| ciate 7our support. 'I’enmylvnnm Tmns Must cnwl Kmummw FOR MAYOR. Nce JOHN McKEE Fof primary election Oat 41 Will appre. 8 FOR MAYOR, Wwe Are Authorized to Annoynce zails, the roads are in 3 better Po-| " sition fo Tun fast: trains with safety | en ‘moest “limiteds” and “fy- dq.jnhct. wcmmunmr 0. M. EATON He respect. solieits the support ot the citj. FOR COUNCILMAN.AT-LaRgy ‘We Are Authorized to Announce G. H. ALFIELD Jess secure operating conditions than | now exist, A Lehigh Valley train|3® & candidate for councimap.y. i 1897-covered 44 miles at tho rate AT8® fOr the city of Lakelang, sy of 80 miles an bour, a Burlington dect fo the white primary, oct. ;. {train in 1902 ran 15 miles at aA8- le"’te for him will be appre. snywhere for §1.00. per m S 80 old and crippled up that I am not fable to get out any more and scare [these trains away.” Now that dog gets an immense amount of satisfac- 3 : ! g g The idea of County Chairman. "h“' = 'lm “ail, apd "’,Blnokhurn to draw an enormous sy o to belleve that ho thinks crowd to hear the State campaign ‘well of the Solid South and would For President-—Woodrow Wilsen. ‘For Vice President—Thomas & - Marshall. Presidential Blectors—Jefterson B, _ Browne, J. Fred DeBerry, Charles B, | ones, W. Chipley Jones, Leland k2 nderson, H. C. Sparkman. i Congressman, State at Large— ' Claude L'Engle. ' Congressman, M. Sparkman. Congressman, Frank Clark, First District—$: Second District — (ongressman, Third Dtutnet—-—lmn mett Wilson, Governor—Park Trammeil. ‘Attorney General—Thos. -F. 'Secretary of State—H. C Oommlnloner of Agriculture—W. _.A McRae. Treasurer—J. C. Luning. ] Gomptroller—W. V., Knott. Superintendent of Pnbltc In “tion—W, N. Shetu . State Chemist—R. E. Rose. like to see it continue bus!nus at the old stand. In a strong and eloquent editorial "entitled, “A Terrible Tyrant,” refer- ring to duty and the hardships it imposes on us, the Punta Gorda Her- 1d says: Some one haa nld thut Duty is {swell the uproar of the multitude.|sor Spemcer of the agricultural ex- m when tt was | demands Y pncom hi Adjntant General—J. C. R. Foster. | An eminent contemporary - to another, even more eminent, that “ably thrilling publication.” Gan you beat it? Isn’t that the final work in newspaper amenities short * of apotheosis. Let us show you this propmy Let us show you the: C!uckamaum Monu- it C ‘who recently vis- » ited Cliftamauga Park, in company with Capt. Brent of Pensacola, to lo- cate: the sits for the Florida monu- | ment, has returned, and in the last lssue of the Bartow Couricr Infor- gnt gives an interesting write-up| speakers in Tampa on Oct. 27, 'th. date of Buffalo Bill's show there,_ by holding the spedking just before the show is a good one, but that wiil not be the first time it has. been worked successfully in southern pol- itics. Away back in the 40s’ of the last century the famous §.S.Prentiss and General Foote, opposing candi- dates for Congress, in Mississippi, followed up an old fashioned wugm cireus and at every town where it showed used the circus crowd as their own Prentiss on one of those occm,pns addressed = his audience from the top of the lion’s cage, that animal adding his indignant bass to Chairman Blackburn might take the tip from ‘this incident and feature the distinguished speakers at Tam- pa on the date mentioned in such a way in comnection with Buffalo Bill’s show shat it would be prac-: tically two circusses . one. A speech on_ the thflatflve and refer- downward revision of : idWiched between a Ahrilling cowboy stunt and the at- tack on thi Blitod States mail coagh by real live Indians would hold the crowd evéry time and happily sugar- coat the pill of political instruction’ & way to echarm the listener whiie it fllled his system with sound Dem- ‘ocratic doctrine. tion out of doing what he thinks mile gait and & train on the- Plant amounts to a great service to that family in particular and humanity in | general, have mo more sense.than that -dog, who wear themselves out in doing System in 1901 accomplished th markable feat of running five There are some people Who | a¢ the rate of 120 miles an hour. As far back aé 1848 the Great Western things that really don’t amount to! a whoop, but they think -they do. But perhaps it is better to be wear- | jmy ing yourself out trying to do some- thing, even if it does not moun‘t to anything. X A GOOD WORD FOR THE 2 BEGGAR WEED, The, lecture delivered by Profes- periment station at the heurt house Monday ~night, on Florida forage! crops, was an eye-opener to melt members of his audience. It Wwas & surptise, for instance, to most of them to know that the beggar-weed, which flourishes here is more than twice as rich in protein as timothy hay. Professor Spencer showed pic- ‘turés of a dozen or more Florida for- ‘ages that are more tutritious than timothy. There I8’ no reason why Tlorida should import one tonm of| hay, if only our farmers will make ke of ‘our own ruources——snrh {ular schedule in any Pennaylvanh’n and Chicago flyers avera; miles an ‘hour. The |train, running betw Hamburg, mlnt’alns 55 miles an hour, and Hnglis! dules are but little faster, qusuwmedam,‘ eighteen-hour traing Iway _man- agers reprelent recent wreck on the Bnrfluton m | FOR COUNCILMAN.AT-LARGE, . as a candidate for and F. A Barhite. We are authorized to announce 0. J. POPE councilman-at- subject to the city primary He is willing to serve the of the city if they desire hip DISSOLUTION NOTICE. . Mr. Robt. Thompson nas retired the Mann Construction (o, g his interest to C. A. Mam The two last 6d members of the firm or com :{ pany assume all indebtedness and ob- ligations against the said company, and eollect all outstanding accounts. aseribed by an Illinois jury to this| . indirect cause. But the are under nocompulsiontorun then.’ : they are uneconomical, and most have been ing.ltuted by way ‘of Tiv- nry and to advertise the rosdo more than to meet any real med ot the traveling public, < A policy of speed reducfion wmfl‘l accord with the policy of retrench- ment with which railroad execu- tives are confronted in other thlnu '1—New York World. [ 9-26-4D. X7 e amagniflcemlocofionfora hol!e thebast in the ciiy Let us show you the great big orange and grapefruit trees on every lot, worth almost l!tl! the price asked for the lot. The fruit is reserved by us tlfis year but is yours next. " Each lot is within easy reach of a present seweraje system, city water, electric lights, and ‘within ten minutes walk of postoffic. All lots have an easy qlope to the lake securing excellent wip drainage. For a limited time these lots will be placed on the market at from $650 to $1,250, according to size and frontage. These lots will be sold on terms, v{z: one fourth cash, balance, 6, 12, and 18 months, 8 per cent interest, 5 per cent discount for cash. To ensure this edition being select, the owners haye incorporated in their deed a building restriction, by which the purchaser will be required to build a house to cost not less than $1500. o % Now is the time to buy, while you have the wholé addition to select from. .l will soon be snapped up and the price of the remaining lots advanced. The FLO] TOR FURTHER PARTICULARS INQUIRE OF JA LAND Co. Phone 72, IDA & G Munn Bmldmg Lakeland, Florida The chaice locations' ROBT. THOMPSON BIDS WANTED, . Sealed bids to furnish the light and water plant not less than 50 cords nor more than 60 cords of wood per week for a term of one "|year will be received and opened Oct. 1, 1912. ; . Right to reject any and all bids reserved. P. B. HAYNES, Chairman L. & W. Committee.