Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, December 14, 1912, Page 4

RN e s { i | E s anand PAGE FOUR. waoiered in the postofice at Lake- end. Florida, as mail matter of the coud class. fhe Evening [lelegram vublishcd every afternoon from the, <entucky Buildiag, Lakeland, ru.| line there from Andalusia, Ala., the Present terminus. The days of L. and N. domination in Pensacola scem to be drawing to a close. —o That there is no scarcity of money propaganda against s gecuring the services of some very large arguments to help it out. It i gravely asserted that the high cost of living is due to the whole- sale slaughter of insect-destroying ¥4 . HETHERINGTON, mmn‘ldon‘t need to be hawked about in|plausibly if not convincingly ar- A. J. HOLWORTHY aue wess and Circulation Manager. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: P [ X [ ] ‘i months ..... vesesss 3.60 fhree mouths ... ..... 1.3 Delivered anywhere within the limits of the City of Lakeland tor 10 cents & week, JLe year .. from the same office is issued THE LAKELAND NEWS tissued bonds to a large amount for and kill off the birds, frequently in the inter of birds in this country is|*“Tell my wife I love her only; tell! he'd feebly told his name Jones's wife the same.” —Judge. He Knew. It was the opening of the winter in Florida banks seeking good in- | birds by five million men and boys|scssion and the teacher was mak- vcstments and that Florida bonds in this country and figures are |ing up her list of pupils. ” “Well, my boy,” she gaid to one | the northern money centers to find raved to prove it. There is nothing | youth, “what is your name ” [ oiitihars s gratifyingly shown | tc justify the way in which hunters {down in Tampa. That city recently ¢ out nearly every day in the year | promptly. “Tom, ma'am,” said the boy “That does not sound well,” she local improvements and when they tie spirit of mere wanton slaughter, [said; “you should always give the were offered for sale the Tampa'and undoubtedly many of the little full name. You should have said banks promptly bought them to the . creatures thus slain are protecting|‘Thomas.’ And what is your name?’ oxtent of half a million dollars, pay- | the crops from the devastation of in- |ghe asked, turning to the next boy. ing a premium therefor, and that; too when Cincinnati and Ilaltlmore‘ i syndicates were competing for them D Vphile rumor is busy from one | » weekly newspaper glving & 16 .4 4¢ the Jand to the other with sanme of local matters, crop condi- lons. county affairs, etc. trywhere for $1.00 per year. PR———— 'i\HImn cabiney officer one day and {Col. W. J. Bryan, making him a. 2 conspirator against Wilson's ad- j ministration the next, the Colonel sects. It ought to be stopped on grounds of both utility and senti- ment, and there is likely to be leg- islation to that end, but it isn’t nec-' essary to tax our credulity by as- serting that the world-wide problem of the high cost of living will be D)o The Ocala Banner comes.to the In the study of the negro problem pimself is quietly resting over in | rescue of the fair fame and good which the southern people have al-\tiami where he is reported by a re- |name of President Andrew Johnson vays with them, the following from the Ocala Banner is well worth pendering: *\ promineny employer of labos in (his city says that lynchings riake bad negroes worse and does not make good negroes any better.” Dy ¢ o d i 10 Dishop Wilson has kept up with 1o newspaper comments on his re- | cent pulpit deliverance that the world was going to the dogs, he is probably sorry that he spoke, for the press has printed a mighty as- ray of testimony to prove that the Bishop mistook his temporary mood of pessimism for the current facts of life. PRIROR TR T L The Ocala Banner sincerely hopes that Mr. Bryan will not “Jonah” Wilson's administration. No dan- ger. Mr, Bryan is too good a man to attempt anything as mean as that and too good a politician to| plot for the failure of an adminis- tration which would mean the scut- tling of his own ship. He sinks or swims with the Democratic party. PRBSRAy N Pensacola is doing things right [cent visitor to be reclaiming some ' {wild land preparatory to planting: {en orange grove. That sounds more {like it. Colonel Bryan is the pre- | mier political athlete of this coun- try and he knows the value of a good rest at the right time to con- serve his powers, 0 In order to report both sides of the controversy iy is hut fair to say that Mayor Gayner, of New York, says that Rev. Chas, Parkhurst is o Fharisee who plays to the gallery. tie also intimates that Bro. Purk- hurst is considerable of a liar in some receny remarks he has permit- (ted to escape him relative to the fmayor's fitness for respectable so- ciety. As Mayor Gayner is a Dem- {ocrat in good party standing we {don't see how he could possibly he unfiy for respectable society. i e The town of Sumter, 8. C., has ad- vertised for a good business man to take the job of *‘civic manager” of that town. In other words Sumter Las dispensed with her mayor and aldermen and the old-fashioned along in the way of getting new railroads these days. In addition to the new road up to Jasper in the coal and iron fields of Alabama and the short line to Mobile, the (en- tral of Georgia is now reaching for paraphernalia of municipal govern- ment and propotes to go about it able enterprise would—hire a capu-! ir the following terms which we en- Gorse as simple justice to an hon- cst man: “It is still fashionable for some of cur northern publications to throw mizsiles at Andrew Johnson in the effert to make his memory odiou:. tHe has been lied abont more than any other of our public men, yet h» was one of onr most remarkable and Iuminous characters. He showed rmore than any of the public men the possibilities of the poor and un- tutored hoy under our democrati. institutions, Becanse he wanted to tieat with some degree of tolerance and fairness the section of his na- tivity immediately after the ecivil conflict the hyenas of that periol did what they could to blacken his character and have relentlegsly kept up the warfare against him and everything concerning him." — 0 A LITTLE NONSENSE NOW AND THFN His Requests. : in Algiers. Flushed with the consciousness o! having learned something new the | young man arose and sald proudly: “My name is Jackas.” . Compromige, “We hear much of compromise isclved if we stop killing the birds. NOWadays,” said a politician recent- : 1 the prices we are offer- he and his wife were constantly ar- .15, “and it is sometimes a good thing.” He knew a young man who got married about a year ago, and guing as to whether they should buy two cycles or an up-to-date mo- tor cycle. Meeting him one day, he said: | “My wife and | wrangled for months, compromised at last.” “What have you compromiscd on?” “A baby carriage,” he proudly an- swered. Can You Guess? Seated on the grass in the midst of the picnic party, he was spinning the latest yarns, “l say,” he remarked to those as- scmbled, “I bet you can't answer this riddle. | “Well, what is jt?" asked a chorug of voices. ! “Can you name an animal that has eyes and cannot see, legs and (cannot walk, but can jump as high | ia& the Eiffel tower?” Everybody raked their brains and there was a deep silence for a mo- ment, “I don’t know,” remarked one, “I give it up.” The rest of the party also signi- some {fled their inability to solve the rid- | dle. Just as the owner «f any consider- A drummer from Chicago lay dylnz! “The answer,” said the funny 'man, “is a ‘wooden horse’ It has ble manager as the single dirccting (I've paid my poet’s license, so just eyes and cannot see, and legs and head and put things on a strlctl business basis. withhold your sneers-) | A reporter took this message when VN per cent DIS COUN To geta bit further in our invitation to you to pay us a visit, we are going to offer something almost unheard of in Christmas retailing. A legitimate on every ar- ticle in our B'g Store. You really now can't af- ford to stay away. It wiil pay you and save you morey to do your shopping here cannot walk.” “Yes; but how does it jump as UST about ten Shopping Days left--have you squandered your money this year on “bubbles” and “trinkets” or have you real lasting values for your hard earned money? IF STILL IN DOUBT ABOUT A GIFT | Think of Furniture--scrvicable, artistic, --the real sensible gift. We are the Furniture People. 1f you would save the price of 2 trip to our store--in lasting gifts--lvon’t you come? COMPBANY but, thank goodness, we've | | | We will cut the price on all our Ladies’ Suits beginning TO D A Y, | Call at once and see i e g TIEIRESE e e oG o4l mmm = e high as the Eiffel tower?” came the triumphant shout. “The Eiffel If you bake your own bread, bis- cuits, rolls or pastry, you must have the best flour in order to secure the, best results, White Clover Flour as! a2dvertived in this paper is guaran- Why not try it (Advertisement) teed to be better. useful Tampa’s Big Store Extends You Tin Invitation ing. We appreciate your tower," funny man, as he made preparations for hurried departure, ‘“can’t jump We buy or sell developed by at all!"—S8t. Paul Dispatch. NOTICE! T —— calls. said the| property, city 20 per cent DISCOUNT We have displayed be- fore you a stock of home furnishingslisted atover $75,000 You don’t need a sin- ale article but we have it here. Cur cut of 20 per cent is not because we need the money. not a bit- we ere backed by & million ~we simply intend to offer you a saving when you need it most, Curincreascd business casily justifies us giving this big discount to you. TAMPA PROPERTY | IS THE BEST INVEST:IEN IN FLORIDA. and suh building lots and suburban firm and trucking land. Write or se TAMPA BAY LAND (0. ; American National Bank Building, TAMPA, FLORIDA. 1 — o ey |