Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, October 15, 1912, Page 4

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FAGE FOUR S e ——— S~ S e [he Evening t 1 the postefiice at Lake-! ( rida, as mail mattes of the 1 class. LDITOR . HETHERINGT! A. J. HOLWORTHY caginess and tmul.mun Manager ~bummvrl0\ RATLS Une year ....- .$5.00 Six months ......ceeenn o i Three wonths ... ..... 1.26 tielivered anywhere within the limits of the City of Lakeland for 10 cents a week, T, From the same office 18 issued THE LAKELAND NEWS & woeekly newspaper giving o Te- sume of local matters, crop condi- vjons, county affairs, etc. Seamt anywhere for $1.00 per year. | DEMOCRATIC TICKE?. | For Presigent--\Woodrow Wilsen. For Vice President—Thomas C'r Marshall. i Presidential klectors—dJefferson B, Browne, J. Fred DeBerry, Charles E. Jones, W. Chipley Jones, Leland J. Henderson, 11. C, Sparkman. (ongressman, State at Large— Claude L'’Engle. Congressman, First District—8. M. Sparkman. Congressman, Second District — Frank Clark. Congressman, Third District—Em- rett Wilson. Governor—Park Trammell. Attorney General—Thos. F. West. Secretary of State—H. C. Craw- tord. Commissioner of Agriculture—W. A McRae. i Treasurer--J. C. Luning. Comptroller—W. V. Knott. Superintendent of Public Instruc-! tion -\, N. Shetts. state Chemist—R. E. Rose. Adjutant Gencrat—1J. C. R, Foster. Telegram - was correctly { the | resemblance dollar are what Woodrow Give him both, but give the dollir now- the Sth of Your vote and your Wilson needs. vote can wait until the next month, 0 Tom Lawson, hie of nanee” fame, is evidently preparing to corral another large buneh or | suckers, He says the whole country STrenzied l'l»i NCTSREE ARSI ST T YRR O | SR RSN 4. - L U RT Vo AL VAR A T T THE EVENINY TELEGRAM LaR ELAND FLA., OCT. 15, hellward at speed than by the speedor of Ceovzia, m ard at work incubating I =oGn sprin T onr « ned namesske rectingt vim, or saneer, is the edge, brink, the ng stops; and the word applied (o a State by Lakeland Telegram in urging claims of its tewn to being the capital of the new State of South Florida. Ours is not the responsi- bility for putting Lakeland on the “ragged edge.”—Tampa Times. The above is all right except the mysterious sentence with which it concludes. Who has been putting Lakeland on the “‘ragged edge?” Let us hear about it, for we have missed this picce of eruelty in our exchange reading, a State r, the orde viiere the th the There are some strong points of or of New York, and Park Trammel!, the Democratic nominee for gov-| {ernor of Florida. When Mr. Sulzer accepted the nomination the mln-."‘ day he said: “if 1 oam eleeted governor 1owiil be governor in fact as well as in name, While | believe in party or- ganization, 1 shall not accept orders from anybody. If the people of New York make me their governor they can rest assured 1 shall be the gov- ernor and the executive office will be in the capitol.” Commenting on this the Pensacola Journal very truly observes: hetween William Sulzer, | I the Democratic nominee for govern- “Flor- | Across | par wheth-1 | the speaker of tin Loundary. | ida Democrats have the same kind of | cundidate for governor in Trammell.” 0 Who State shall be president of the next and speaker of the next issues pro- Senate, House always live ductive of much little wire-pulling in State politics, and the Palatka News contributes the following on that subject which will be of deep interest to at least two citizens of Florida and command their warm approval: “There was some politics talked at the recent special session of the Legislature, hut there was even more in the nature wire pulling over wihio would fill the places of honor at ol “thn pproaching regular sesion, For the prosideney of the Senate the fav- Lorito seems to e Senator 1. M. Huld Park | | Can ordinary little item of local speculation and no | much pleasure i \ wio have made him theip W ohaving alveady then indidates. Mr. Farris was Hot session an i was a splendid pre-iding oflicer, He Democrat in whom i3 aprogressive there is no guile.’ -0 Those policemen down in St. tersburg who are, on their owa mo- tion, laying down the law in vigor- ous terms to persons whom they see ' Lt \ o ) ( i r i « oo o ahoug their work, and t v Courts 1o pistols heen the fizhts ¢ in ecach case, and | for one or [ the sorrow und suffering and liti- gation wonld have gone on for years.” R | Pe-| THE GREAT, GOOD LUCK OF COLONEL ROOSEVELT. The whole country regardless of mistreating their horses or mules! party is profoundly rejoiced at the and taking decisive steps to preveni overwork and other forms of cruelty te the poor animals, deserve the warmest praise and their example should be presented to every police officer in the State. There is no rea- son why an officer should wait for a warrant to be sworn out in such He sees the cruelty to the animal; it is an offense against the low, and he should make the arrest Cases, {on the spot just as he would in anv an offense was And ad- other case where committed in his presence. jeonitions from him to partics mis- | oven i using their dumb animals, where no arrests are made, are al- vays in order and serve to do good. If the testimony of horses and mules i held admissible on the Day of Judgment—and we hope it will be—— there will Ve an awful reckoning for 2 large bunch of defendants on that aecasion in u(l(liliox'l to the sinners charges. Anl technical jokers proceedings convicted on other there are no little te defeat justice in the a1 that court. 0 The Moultrie, Ga., Observer makes Hews in o neighboring town the text for an editorial full of wise and perti- moralizing, which tke in reproducing and would be glad if every paper in the South would do likewise: “The Valdosta Times veports two fights in one day in which hare fists were used as weapons. The purtici- nent Wi pants in the scraps ought to be awarded medals. In this day of cow- ordly pistol carrying and brass knucks and long knives it is refresh- ing to find a man who goes nhout in the world armegq with his own physi- and depending on it 1o when they cal strength right his wronus urgent to take into couit We don't | eccape of Colonel Roosevelt from se- rious injury at the hands of the vile degenerate in Milwaukee who at- tempted his life last night. 1t would kave been an awful thing, a shock to the nation and the world, horri- ble to contemplate, had the shot been better aimed. \What effecy this near tragedy will Lave upon Colonel Roosevelt's chanovs in the approaching election no can tell .or cven plausibly Ther: many emotiona: people in the country, hero worship- pers with fluid convictions, who mayv b switched to the Colonel’s cause, if they are not already three, by the Milwankee shooting; but as the is- sucs of the campaign remain as they were, in ng wise affected by the act of an obscure and irresponsible crank or lunatic, it is not likely that the existing political alignment will be greatly disturbed. Colonel Roosevelt's strong person- ality came into the spotlight mag- nificently just after the shooting and he becomes the real hero of an in- tenzely dramatic which will inercase the number ot his admirers in this and other lands and dispell ohis sless are episode forever the suspicion entertained by lsoine that he was a spectacular !’zlk«-r' {wWho would weaken at the momeit which tries men's souls and reveal: them for what they really are. In common with all his country- men we congratulate Colonel Roose- velt on his ¢ and are deeply thankful that the na- | tion has been spared the shame anl sorrow that would have followed his Genth last night [¢] THE CHAMPION FEAT OF A FLORIDA BABY. Fo fall eishteen foet and lodg siustaining only A hrick s ape from a close call ! resulted nn\ | i | | | minor last Saturday afteruoon by the one- | had happencd. year-old son of Mr. Kickliter, of Walnut street. hoeuse, the baby climbed into a chair | that sat against the railing ! the ' over the railing, was peering into the ) rard, ently el head-long to the brick walk that oo Head i Mrs i T he 67”4«;;5% [ | in the world is the building of (e oy . | Canal. The men who are diggizg this S great ditch are writing world history with fumi nous pens. The easiest thing for the people of |g4. land to do is to find what you want in (g, Shoe Line. We carry 4000 pairs in sto at this season and can fit any foot, carry only standard lines: Selby's iy |l Arch and Queen Quality for Ladies; p. tonian and Bert & Packcrd for Men. | Guaranteed. we are glad to show-you. Yoy calls appreciated. HMurrell & Shar) RN bru struck the walk o performal She I". stairs and out to th. | tle form. The fall Unnoticed by tie grown-ups in the : unconseious, hut he - consciousness. The f: vas summoned and 1y cuild had received no |'1 large lump on th rand a painful b lchs being the and Mre around upstairs veranda and, leaning and cooing to he sors-hy. Pres- over-halanced .ml‘ beenme from the doorstop to the gate |l’(‘“1011‘ experiet h [graph. Kickliter heard him when lots---on the market. Park. in the city. LTI N AT T R S R N S A WAL T T AR DT U0 SR TR RTAY T RTINS0 L L AT U N L el L Y DN S A 7 N S B LI EAT L ORANGEPAR@‘ About thlrty days ago we put these---the Clty S choncest Resndence WHY? Today one-third of them have been sold. BECAUSE: Orange Park is the closest in of any sub-division now on the market, only five blocks from Munn every lot. they know values and realize opportunities. Orange Park rises sharply from the shorcs of beautifu! Lake Morton to the highest point with= Orange Park is the only subdivision with heavy bearing Grape Fruit and Orange trees on ORANGE PARK is sold only to those able to build good homes, there is a $1500 building restriction on each lot. ORANGE PARK is being purchased by your own people, the people of Lakeland, because If you haven’t seen this choicest of Lakeland home sites, don’t delay another day. Call at our office or telephone and let us take you out there. your service. Orange Park lots are going fast. The finest homes in Lakeland are being built on land adjoining Orange Park, and balance six, twelve, and eighteen months, with interest at 8 per cent., 5 per cent. discount for cash. We had some $1250 lots, but they are all gone. Let us show you the prettiest property in Lakeland, Munn Building | For a few weeks more we wiil sell these lots at from $600 to $850, on terms of one-fourth cash, I ' ORANGE PARK is in the center of the mostgrapidly developing section of the city. Our car is at " FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS INQUIRE OF The FLORIDA & GEORGIA LAND Co. Phone 72. Lakeland, Florida.

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