Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, December 16, 1912, Page 4

PAGE FOUR. President Taft will give the people |puroled, of whom roughly threc- | @0 — Ee 2o - . M i ) 'M tvefllflfl Ieleflraln of Jacksonville just forty minutes of o his time when he reaches there next Published every sfternoon from the| pyig,y on 1ig way 1o Key West, from Kentucky Buildag, Lakeland, Fla (... point he will take ship to " tutered in the postofice at Lake-| Panama to inspect the canal work, .and, Florida, as mall matter of the and Jacksonville is preparing to give w-cond clase. him a notable reception and make every minute of the forty a pleasan: HETHERINGTON, EDITOR.|one. \When we consider that Mr. Taft will go out of office in a little more A. J. HOLWORTHY than two months and has few official usiuess snd Circulation Manager.if..ors lef® to bestow, his cordial SUBSCRIPTION RATES: welcome on his final presidentiat trip, shows that his personal popu- larity is as strong in defcat as in 4. F. quarters have complied with the terms of parole—which require, at lowest, that the man shall keep so- ber, keep at worwk and make pe- ber, keep at work and make pe- the report adds rather naively, “show that, except for parole, our prisons would be congested beyond reason.” They show also the incred- ible folly of keeping under lock and key a great many men who would be- have themselves, earn a living and help support those dependent upon them if they were given a chance.” —_— victory. “Big Bill” is all to the good when you take him as a man, kowever short of public expectations he may have fallen as a president. AR o From the same office is issued Rev. A. J. Holt, of Kissimmee, one THE LAKELAND NEWS of the leading Baptist ministers of « weekly newspaper giving & PFe-|the State, doesn't agree with Bishop sume of local matters, crop condi-| Wilson that we are living in such fons, county affairs, etc. Sent|times of moral and religious decay soywhere for $1.00 per year. az marked the high tideof degeneracy =——=—=—====|in ancient Rome. He was inter- If a good advertising patronage ! viewed on the vital issue by the Kis- | means prosperity Tbree months ... ..... 1.38 Delivered anywhere within the ilmits of the City of Lakeland for 10 cents & week. for a newspaper, | simmee Gazette and after letting the the Dunnellon Advocate is through bishop down kindly by putting a bet- with its troubles and is now doing ' ter construction upon his remarks, well under the management of Miss ' Mr. Holt cuncludes with this cheer- ling view of the situation: “But the honored bishop never in- "tcnded to convey the idea that along With all these prevailing evils, there | was not also a corresponding ad- vance in virtue, honop and loyalty to Christ, and a very decided general movement toward the hetterment o! | mankind. Cleo Johns. AL s The Christmas edition of the Tam- pa Tribune was gigantic in quantity and excellent in quality, and it will add to the fame of both the Tribune and its home city wherever it is cir- culated, - g i j Ihere is no mistaking the —_—— # H . fact that there has been a greater The season for new resolutions is noar, in now to think it over See what you need in that line and advance in pure Christianity within the last quarter of a century than (there had been in a thousand years before (ke beginning of the nine- teenth century. There is less re- ligion among the aristocracy, and, more among the mediocracy today | prepare to send in a liberal order, Keep a good supply in stork so that in case you fracture one there may be another right at hand to take its place. R e ery other religion on the earth is on The reappointment of United (po wane, save onh Christianity, States Attorney Cubberly to that of- which is increasing with wonderfu! | fice in this State will not discour- y;pidity and cosmopolitan extensive- age Democratic aspirants for that pegg” Jjob. Democratic senators naturally | o feel that that appointment should! have been left to President Wilson and it is sure that they will do what they can to defeat the con- firmation of Mr. Cubberly. {from him the fact that you are not b ot e “)uur and not common (if such is The current number of the Florida the fact), for, unless you are hoth Sthool Herald, published by the pu- poor and common, you get no boost | vils of the State school for the deat from Mr. L'Engle. Here's the way‘ end blind, at St. Augustine, has been he puts it in the last issue of Dixie: received. It is always a pleasure to “With a view of simplifying mat- set thisinterestinglittlepublication, ters, somewhat, and because 1 have for there is a cheerful, hopeful spirit gotten behnd in my letter writing, | in its well-prepared contents which | take this opportunity to declare | preaches a useful sermon and sets a that 1 will adhere strictly to the! fine example to those of us who have statement I made before | was nom- | sight, speech and hearing, and yet inated in the primary, which is: | find the world full of things to com- That as I expected to be elected by piain of. the common people, a man must be —o0 both poor and common before ho The positive, outspoken character can get me to consider favorably his of Claude L'Engle in the conduct of application for my endorsement for a public journal makes him enemies 2 federal position. Well, I was elect- as well as friends, but all will re- ¢d by the common people, who are gret to hear that his health is not ™0stly poor, so the statement goes. good and that he has been compelled This — announcement will doubtless to go to Baltimore for a systematic 'tduce the volume of my course of medical treatment. A tele- gram from him since he reached there, (o the managing editor of his ™) divection to many aspiring Dem paper, gives the cheering news that ©crais, his plysicians assure him of speedy Uncle John and everybody else kin | rcstoration to health. We all want to me.” Claude to be in the finest possible | L fettle: when he takes his seat in ‘I'AROLE SYSTEM FOR CON- Congress, a VICTS IS WORKING WELL. The Live Oak Democrat discouy The parole s If you want to get Congressman Claude L'Engle 10 endorse you for @ federal job under the Wilson ad rinistration, carefully conceal corre srondence a whole lot, and it wijl ve trouble of epistolary eofforts in | It will, of course, shut ont | 0 - ystem for convicts, in further discussion of the State stead of unconditional division issue in the following pee- ) emptory which leave nothing for the pardon, has noadopted in nearly every 1 fashion seems to in the Pnion and it is having sueh o | of us to oeod tthay it may now be re | gay unh Ve want 1o tin bad” carde IS G permanent feature of | with the csteemed Democerat: "The question heine Cbrison administration in this disenssed by Lirv. The coin- i wroled conviet has very | the State bout dividing the nmuch stronger motives for behasin: | State of Florida into two States is himself the most ridiculons discussion we the convict pardoned without condi have heard in some time. 1t soeme tion. that men with the cood, common hus sonse Newspaper cditors ap with havin soch division will oy ) and that it is the Leishi o folly 1o the system has been given a thor- waste time and spuce dis ne sueh ough trial, an absolutely absurd qu 1ot us hear no more of it and obeving the law thag The Saturday Evening Pos | savierad s ad figuies, credited on this interesti subject, whicn shonld know that no show what 2ood results are being oh- | enicted tained in two leading States wher | Says that paper: “Sinee 1893 over sixteen hundred conviets have been paroled from (':|'—: Hornia penitertiaries, Eighty-five ZOVeTn- jer cent have “made good"- -only | ficense 219 our of the whole number violat- to a man doing business in dry v« the conditions of their parole by territory it is absolutely certain that lemvine the State, failing to rvpnr". the man wants that license in order entor nz saloons or otherwise. Of that he may engage in a traflic pro- the ¢ 153 were returned to pris- hibited by the laws of t wloon: lmt oonly twenty-two of them ke gets it merely to keep revenne of- bad commirted new crimes—heing 2 | s off fraction over one per cent of the to- e law From 1 neral tal i When the United St rrent issues a federal 1i s business whi r paroled. The revort from | this is n fion ' =1 ires are taken shows i " s prisor earned out of | nty (- 1 nd the bill pend- in Conare »-prokibit the gov- ernment from issuing federal liquor t nd ¢ licenses to persons to do husiness in report of the New York pri territory where the liquor traffic haz rission shows that sinee 1 hecen prohibited by State laws, e ——— £0n com- 900 nearls four thousand prisoners have been ik seribes, | helieve one of our young ladies.’ than there has ever been hefore, Kv- | i for, Parson Saintly? Il'(’dure today among some people— 'but have you not wondered some- [ Preached? Here we are about to Hfivish the work and the play of [mineteen-twelve; hut two week {isn’t there still time to do a few of [ty Keep other resolutions that qve A LITTLE NONSENSE NOW AND THEN The Land of Silk Stockings. “Silk stockings must be very cheap in America. Nowhere in the world do women'’s ankles gleam in lustrious silk as they do here.” The speaker was Robert Loraine, the English actor. He continued: “A married man told me the other day that, going into one of your de- partmient stores, he said to a floor walker: *“‘I'm looking for something pret- ty in silk stockings.’ *The floor-walker smiled, and with |~ a gesture embraced the long rows of | conuters with their charming sales. | ¢ women. & “*That remark,” he said, practically every ‘de- | & 3 |4 | | 4 |4 i i Who Got Punished. i A little girl about three years ol1 seil upstairs and told to sit on ¢ 1 cortain chair that was in the cor- ner of Lier room, as a punishment for ., she had done but a few miniites before. Soon the silence was broken by the little one's question: ‘‘Mother, may | come down now “No, you sit right where you are." All rvight ‘cause I am sittin' on your best hat.” Preparing for Christmas. Deacon Goodly-—What are you 14 building that addition to your house [© QLD LO0S Dried Apples Either. f Mr. Bigheart—Wiggins, old boy, George Washington cut a cherry tree down., Carrie Nation cut a saloon up. Some people cut the mustard, but we cut the prices. Read and weep if you have bought elsewhere. I SOP OSSO POOOOPI0E00000000 04405405 MEN'S AND BOYS SUITS At CoST LADIES’ COAT SUITS e ————————— $8: Suits now $16 Suits now $20:Suits now §15.00 &25, Suits now $18.50 FLPLEQTEREPSPR BT bddidood ot $4.98 : $5 Pants at $10.98 $4 Pants at $3 Pants at $2.43 $2.50 Pants at .- $1.98 We carry: a big line of guarantced all leather shoes. Cut prices on raii of them. See them before buying. $3.50 $3.00 B S e 0 2T 20 o ACOCOO0 OO BLHHCHRCHIOF RPN 0 Parson S.-—Got to have a place to store the carpet slippers and hook- marks. » ® o [ we've raised $50 to get the boss @ "."3‘0'3‘03‘0‘3‘030303@3%03030303@3’0‘30i'f,v303050205’0@0303030% DO Christmas present, and we want| something that will make a great show for the money—something that will look big, you know. Cant you suggest something? Wiggins—Sure. DBuy $50 worth of rice and then boil it CLOSING DAYS OF 1912. The making of New Year's reso- lutions used to be a serious proce- dure—perhaps it is a serious pro- times that the doctrine of makinyg resolutions for the closing of the cld year is not more generally lefe of the old year, which q perhaps in the protecting atmos- | pliere of some bie determinations the things that were to mark the goodness of the cyele & How would it do to take thess “seven 1 WHIE' for the worker =g use them durving the last jwa weeks It wonld help (o wind (IH) he year a little stronger and th. n, Perhaps, it might make it possibi to begin the new year botter jortitiod worth maKking 1 I will be square 1 will e do any man, nor shall any man do me, I will be thorough- 1 will g my work so carefully today that 1y- rorrow will bring no regrets o1 will be happy—1 wil train my face to wear a smile and v tongue to say pleasant things. 4. 1 will be faithful—1 will stick te my task till it's done and the clock. 5.1 will be energetic wioe the alarm clock rings T will wo un at once. 6. 1 will be more savine rut by something from my each weck. ; 7. I will work harder remember that a man who . mwore than he's paid for <hou! e~ get paid for more thuy | foreet I will |—Miami Metropolis. —_— Practical Frenchwomen, The Frenchwor alk | botent in ¥ t England \l because of 1 1an's greate €r capacity in o uroctical way, PO Qi QO K HILL VWAV PA ‘Ten Good Reasons Why You Should Own a Lot in Park Hill First. Because it is in the Best Town in South Florida. Second. Because it is as HIGH if not HIGHER than zn: point in Lakeland. | Third. Because it has One Mile of Granolithic Side Walks Fourth., Becauseit has High Class Building Restrictions. Fifth. Because 4 Beautiful Lakes can be seen from its Summit, Six'hi: Because Shade Trees will be planted on all streets this all. Seventh. Because all Streets will be Graded. Eighth. Because it is the most attractjy in Lakeland. Ninth. Because Lotscan be sold on REASONABLE Terms. Tenth. Bezause if you don't, you will wish you had, if vou do, will always be glad. ; ' ¢ Residential Section ====See=__ LTS Deer- Bryar: Qi Building or §. M. STEPHENS PRSI o P VOODO OO DODOD OB DOOODDOD 1§ O E i Srs D