Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, December 2, 1912, Page 4

(he Evening lelegrai Pubi.-ucd every afternoon from tie Lentucky Buildiag, Lakeland, Fla. ~Entered in the postofiice at Lake- «nd. Florida, as mail matter of the wecond ciase. 4 ¢ HETHERINGTON, EDITOR. A. J. HOLWORTHY dueiness and Circulation Manager. T SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One year vesessssssees 36,00 Rix MODLhS +.cc.oneeses 350 Three monthf ...-..... 136 Delivered anywhere within the itmits of the City of Lakeland for 10 cents & week, ments. From the same office s issued |, courts should treat them witn pllwhen you find a house with an Lakeland, Fla. s : T:E w;‘;":“x::w: o= |oeant courtesy,” immaculate door mat bearing the KELSEY BLANTON Thls Space tomorrow weekly news) o cord Wi " :u i o(’ st ’n.mterl. e A R 4 PR e word “Welcome” at thelfn;nt :“t ‘ Sent : ; you can bet that man of the hou Sryaat Block, ‘Phone 810 . . . tions, county affairs, etc. for the fruity little function of mes- . compelled to use the back ep- Lakeland, Fla. I d S' It w1" lnter' anywhere for $1.00 per year. senger to carry the vote of the Dem- | .on.e | a le L —_—————————==| ocratic electors to be cast in Talla- pe mapn who named the funy TUCKER & TUCKER, = ol cerves | hussee, to Washington city and there bone must have been trying to label _um._ L yplhaeds M‘.‘t(-m“nz:(}:o?:mt:u:n delivered to the president of the ;o pyeeon on a girl's elbow. Raymondo Bidg. eSt you that in ““ff ci ).r‘ after the post- | Stnate. The job pays handsomelv| gome gweet things are so modest b Porita half !fle cllm'nsl“‘_ ‘m:‘ will get it [and there are thousands of deserv-| ,¢ the naked truth would send : ‘\,'fl::att o ;\-.:l\:-,fuoln “waste of force! |ing Democrats in this commonwealth pom into hysterics, and they al- | /0. 8, EDWARDS v s Enough moral horsepower, if right- Iy applied, to mike Fort Myers an ideal community abounding in the graces and virtues and with no municipal shortcomings worth men- tioning. -0 Advocates of robin protection by law from the hunters continue to ig- nore the charge that the rovin preys vpon the strawberry ficlds, even though he makes war upon the bugs that devastate the tomatoes, \We want fair play for robin, but we al.\‘o! want protection to the strawberries, 12 his damage to the latter more than offset by his protection to the former? Who will leave sentiment out and solve this economic prob- lem? A IS ISR No man in Florida was more loyal t.- Woodrow Wilson during the late compaign than J. Fred DeBerry, one hea pub | ceases to whiser & 1o yeu loud enough to be heard: ) Supreme (ourt 1= llrimming out the techni ;“""vs, in Ii'lll)\'uiod wherever 10s ~.bI.u. { During the past week in ope day it set aside as trivial technicalities al- legations of error urged by counsel in =ix cases of persons convicted ol komicide. If the courts follow this, good example, there will be feweré cuses appealed on frivolous tecknical : gsrounds. There have been so many of this kind that they are held by the public to be largely to blame for the law's delay. No good citizen wants ap innocent man punished, Lut when appeals are made on mere pretexts for the purpose of delay cases | who as true patriots would not hes- itate to lay aside their private busi- all | ness and journey to \Washington on sach a mission. Perhaps there is a! still hunt on for this pleasant little snap, and it may be that some one of the presidential electors himsel? seeks the honor. If so, we trust he will not encounter such an obstacle ! ag a Mississippi elector met with the other day, as told by the Scott Coun- ty Register: *A certain Democratic presidential clector in Mississippi thought he would like the honor of being the raessenger to carry the returns from ( Mississippi to Washington, and he | vrote a letter to each of the other tine clectors asking for their sup- port. Kight of them replied they were vnndill;nnga for that h(nmr; themselves,” ST L We regret to learn from the last Salary day is a big event with a LAKELAND, FLORIDA. | single man, but it merely means bill day to a poor married cuss. DR N. L. BRYAN, & DENTIST. -fhe Protessions- DR. SAMUEL F. SMITHL A LITTLE NONSENSE XOW AND THEN SPECIALIST . Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat VCaAnt Be Done. 6l r P bed Little Willie, awful glutton, Phoue: Oflumu‘l.u,, Residence 322. swallowed a nice Wilson button. Bryant Bldg. lakeland, Fia. Hie'll recover, do not frown, You can’'t keep a good man down. DR W. 8. IRVIN OENTIST Luke McLuke Says Established in July, 1900 All is not literature that litters. | Rooms 14 and 16 Ko.ntudy B-m:l‘ll A bride always thinks that she is| Phones: Ofice 180; Residence marrying a lover and a provider. But s, A. TRAMMELL, if he pays the bills she will have to Attors ’-.t-h'- find some one else to pay the com- a B ¢ Bulldl ways pull down the blinds before they change their minds. Attorney-at-Iaw. Office in Munn Bullding Any old hero can save a train or rescue a ship, but it takes a brave rman to go into a store and buy things for his wife. Rooms 8 and 9, Deen & Bryant Bulld- ing. Phone. 339. Resldence Phone 300 Red. LAKELAND, FLA. Wise Boy BR. R R SULLIVAN, One day Ernest haa neen seriously —PHYSICIAN— lectured by his mother, and finally Opecial attention given to Gurgery sent to the yard to find a switch with and w which he was to be punished. He re- |~ turned soon, and said: R 3 mm “l couldn’t find any switch, mam- —~Attorney Bartow, Fla ma, but here's a stone you can throw ®oor 1 Stuert Bldg. 2 at me."—The World. DR. W. R. GROOVER, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Rooms 3 and 4 Kentucky Bldg. Lakeland, Florida, His Implements. The small daughter of the house was busily setting the table for ex- of the Democratic electors. His en- issue of the Inverness Chronicle tha* thusiasm for Mr. Wilson was some-| Major Butler, the genial, capable, thing fine and we are not surprised ,fl"d popular editor of that paper, was to learn that the president-elect has 'so ill during a part of last week recognized Mr, DeBerry’s work in'that he almost felt he was at thl'l his behalf and written him a Del‘-‘l!oim of death. The major is 66 scnal letter of thanks. “When Wood- | years old and for nearly a quarter row Wilson Takes His Seat” Fred of a century he has been identified . may receive that illustrious auto-‘,wilh Florida journalism, coming to graph again attached to something this State after a wide experience in| more substantial than a letter of every part of the Union. No man thanks. can make a weekly paper more read- able or cover a field of local news Says an exchange: A farmer car- ' more thoroughly or present it more rying an express package which he ' attractively than Major Butler, and had received from a mail order house | his ability in this respect, coupled was accosted by a merchant, who | With his magnetic personality, gen- gaid: “Why didn’t you buy that bill [erous heart, unaffected simplicity of -0 pected ¢ompany when her mother called to her: “Put down place, dear.” Having made some observations on her own account when the ex- pected guests had dined with her 6. D. & H. D. KENDENHALL Civil Engineers and Architects :loom 212-215 Drane Bldg. LAKELAND, FLA. “hosphate land examination. veys, examination, reports. three forks at each Sur- Blueprirting. mother before, she inquired thought- UL A. J. MACDONOUGH, “Shall T give Uncle John the knives?” Architect. AT Newest. Ideas in Bungalow Designing The Byplay Minstrels, “Mister Interlocutor, can you tell me what class of men are fondest of bud company +“No, Mr. Bones, I cannot, Tell us what class of men are fondest of bad company?” Room ¢ Deen & Bryant Bldg. Lakeland, Florida. iyterian churct, ' Bvening sermon, 7:30 a. m. CHRISTIAN CHURCH Sunday 8chool at 10 a. m. Preaching service at 11 a. m. and 7p m Christian Endecavor Society at % p. m. Prayer Meeting, Wednesday even- ing at 7 p. m. EPISCOPAL (ALL SAINTS) CHURCH. Rev. J. H, Weddell minister in charge. Services—11 a. m. and 5 p. m. on be announced. All Saints Guild meets on T after the third Sunday, in the ( hall, at 3 p. m. CUMBERLAND PRESBY- TERIAN CHURCH Sunday school every Sunday morn- ing at 9:45. Everybody cordially in- vited. vt " W. Fiske Johnson REAL ESTAI aragraph blundered i 0o s, % ¥ ve| The funers session was le Sunday Services—Sund. y i 1 ::ia%lm hill:('nnsi’sltl:\)y‘]l.‘-:( «lflfxxn:ln‘:i‘fi:l.:m "II:‘uI:,;t‘l.;l(l‘:,l‘lt‘“l;::;o:IT‘)‘. J,h:.,r,‘_‘zl ll“l‘:niull:;:"lll :::::lt»Ilzl:w\l\a‘:dt(.(lt:z 9:45; py;'eaching, T ‘;:.' ':::"17 prlces. Also Clue“ PeabOdy Shirts Mr. Wils ad ¢ < ears, ' JO¥s as a piece of m “tender Pmbers of whic vere sple . m, P i ‘ :::i\:t‘n)::':"(lll:s;nl'x‘x::‘d \:.x:-t‘?i.d"l}llu(fk:,i\:l; "“|:|'I:(::]g‘]’:‘n;\l::]‘y(lll “':.,:.::{‘c l(»:;::"t:;’:‘h‘: 1::-:;1(:_;":;‘fn:ac):::(:li;.‘.-':xll[l:; A D also ,have a fl.lll line Of youths, and [ eauty for the Wils v as- | sumed i ere i G ;. | Way P cemetery, while ¢ i l’e;:i:’g“ that 1.1,1.:;‘”:.:?‘1:,;;:;‘;“;;; Bl BeViarey coon S i e e YAl e g..dn.‘:,.""'u.“.f.}"!{:"'mm boys’ clothing of the best material, and whic hey undoubtedly are. (hg ‘here g 2 Rditore < i spiri strains of 4 A : o Rether ade e marvn by (o Roteringion. Relr, - suemen | Vom0 B e | BTSSR LY . , prices never before heard of in Lake- and ears, and is as independe ¢ | Eustis Lg 3 e “Uninfi o ank K " h 5 , bcth as prains and run.:?i::(n::\h!::113!- i "‘k”l;gi‘("“- :’ips":‘:‘( 0¥:l:‘l!‘l“(::‘:;::i(lzlll{i‘:):k tf P:n :'";.B"?:e:r:: second and ]and. We don’t miUd ShOWiflg the of goods from me? 1 could have | saved you the express on them, be- sides you would have heen patroniz- ing a home store.” The farmer looked at the merchant for a min-| ute, and said: *\Why don't you pat- ronize your home paper and adver- tise 1 read it and didn’t knew you :::fig"“';:( h“::( l:::(':s::" "“d‘i\v'l::i“lz‘l dy’s Booze,” and will the audience e 9% Somy ane of the membsrs,. Ay RaY ROOM 7, KENTUCKY BUILDING had this particular line.” The moral | St¥le ; 4 0 every B ihdiv anii s . 8 B Bk, Ihe writes. iy Jele ix. fhs SeeR FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. Seinarte G ot That is an interesting bit of po- litical gossip which comes from Jucksonville to the effect that foi- mer Governor Jennings of tl ate may seek the federal judgeship now held by Judge Cheney by recess ap- pointment of President Taft, if the Senzte fails to confirm that appoint- nment. William Jennings Bryan is a first cousin and very devoted friend of former Governor Jennings and it f# said that his influence will be uged with President Wilson to se- cure the appointment for his cousin. character and rare sense of humor and gift of narrative have made him cne of the established favorites of the Florida press. We hope to hear of his n-nr'l)' and complete restoration to health and trust that for many years to come we may continue to i i TENDER AND JUICY. A nice leg of mutien, my Lucie, I pray thee have veady for me; Have it smoking -and tender and juicy, For no better meat can there be. Thus wrote Thackeray in answer to an invitation to dinner, Moved by the tender pathos of theze lines, we sallied forth to get a leg of mut- ton for our own luxurious board. We went to two meat shops and they said: *No, no mutton,” and the lat- We doubt if Mr. Bryvan will ignore kis own teachings and go in for get- ting jobs for his kinfolks under a Democratic administration. E— The Estero Eagle pokes fun at us because we said that Woodrow Wil- son’s daughters were 'churming; that they all looked more like him than like their mother, and in o succeed- The world is full of them And ob- serve furthermore that a gir) can look like her father—inhorit his ex- pression-—and yet have teeth and | used the word “enjoyed” in the ears' of the regulation size; and ! above sentence advisedly because we that's what happened to the Wilson . girls, if our informant is reliabio, e Some exchange, has the following which is good whether it refers to the Supreme Court of Florida or of any other State, for it indicates that ou; high- er courts, like other human instity- tions, are responsive to just and me not given, ter remarked, “You will find none in town; it will all be lamb, and really so, for somelow people won't buy mutton, and the butchers won's keep it." “Argal,” as Shakespeare's grave- digger says, if there is no mutton. how do we get so much lamb? And if the market is scarce of sheep, why is mutton the cheapest meat one can The colored population of Plant LIty enjoved a big funeral Sunday dfternoon at Oaklawn cemetery. We have spent all of our life in the south and have observed the negro race closely neral is the biggest event that can happen in a community of negroes, Earnest King, who formerly con- ducted the “lobby" over the Big Six saloon and who was well known and Popular with his race and a promi- ‘nent member of several colored se- enough to learn that a fu-! every Sunday, except third. Sunday School—10 a. m. every Sunday. Lakeland Branch of the Woman's Auxiliary meets on the Monday fol- lowing the first Sunday of each month, at 3 p. m., at the residence Loars Negotiated “Doctors."” “And why doctors, Mr. Bones?" “Because the worse people are, the oftener they visit them.’ Mr. Johnson will now render that beautiful ballad: *“When Mother Put the Castor Oil in Dear Old Dad- Buys and Sells Real Estate Orange Property a Specialty. E%?.@lm.dj Wfl Qotes “Oh mother put some castor oil in ! dear old daddy's booze, The house is wrecked and shattered, and our peaceful home we'll lose, Corner Florida avenue and Bay St. The Rev. Willlam Dudley Nowlin, D. D., pastor. Sunday school 9:46 a. m. H. C Stevens, superintendent. [ The crape hangs on the door, Preaching Sunday at 11 a. m. and We ne'er shall sce her more, 7:48 p. m. For mother put some castor oil in Weekly prayermeeting Wednesday dear old daddy's booze.” evening at 7:30. . Woman's Missionary and Ald So- cjety Monday 3:30 p. m. Baptist Young People's Meeting at 6:16 p. m. Regular monthly business meeting first Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. Oh! 'Look‘ At This! It pays to buy good goods. Why not come round and see our line of suits and overcoats, which have ijust arrived from New York. All the lat- est styles and fashions at very low «ret orders, “shuffled off this mortal coil” on last Saturday andwas buried with great pomp and ceremony Sun- day afternoon. The death of the governor of Florida would be looked upon as a sad calamity and would be the cause of much sorrow and deep regret among his many friends, but :\\'v question if the governor would havt a much bigger funeral, if in- deed as big, as did Earnest King. lu 'the language of one negro who was overheard talking to another on the way home from the cemetery: “Ol Earnest sho did have some funeral.” East Mission, Sunday scheol at 2 p. m. E. A. Milton, superintendent. Prayer meeting Thursday at 7 p. m. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH., (Tennessee Ave., Between Main and Lemon Streets.) Rev. W. 8. Patterson, Pastor. customers our goods and appreciate any favors. [ ) : JOSEPH LeVAY 118 Kentucky Avenue Lakeland to have charge of the funeral, We don't know that we blame the negroes for their desire to have a big funeral since th M. E. Chure L C. Jenkins, Plnlitos:um funday school 9:456 a: _ __ Morning sermon 11:00 a, m. worth League 6:00 p. m. tvening service. 7:00 p, m. Prayer-meeting Wednesday 7:00 o eir opportunities 1o attain to places of prominence in lite are so circumscribed by social conditions as to almost make | death their only avenue for ge . y tting prom- inently into the lime]irzht.—l’lant Uity Courier. — Never Beaten, Doubtless a man may be able to wear something that looks cheaper than a cheap silk shirt, but doubtless he never did—F. P, A, § N oty D New York Christian Church. Geo. W. Welmer, rastor. Sunday school 9:45 a. m. Communien 10:45 a, m. Preaching, 11:00 a. m. Y. P. 8. C. E. co-operates with' other societies at Cumberland Pres.'