Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, December 21, 1912, Page 2

PAGE TWO. FLORIDA AND THE SOUTH (By William Fremont Blackman, Ph. | of great and singular prosperity. Be- | D., LL. D., President of Rollins College, Winter Park, Fla., in Tampa Tribune.) : FLORIDA if we could view at one swift glance All this great land of ours— | This land of wealth, of gold and grain, yond doubt, there are united herci Of fruits and shrubs, and flowers— conditions of soil, of climate, of 10-£, "oy ) prighter spot we's see cation, and manifold resources al-»I Than this fair State of Florida. The true frontiers of American life | most untouched as yet, whi.ch are the : : are now in the South, rather than ! uarantee thap these wildernesses | .. o 5 fairyland it lies beyond the Mississippi. In the West, | are to blossom as the rose. It will | From ocean'’s shore to shore, the lines are all ready for the most 10t do to import hither processes of | . Lo iihle paradise rart laid down along which future cXploitation which are ndapt.od'to 01 cevelopment is likely to take place; | more northern latitudes—this is th_f' in the South, that development is ! mistake of the immigrant; or will it certain to be,.in important respects, | ¢ to leave the developm a revolution rather thap an evolu- ! ccuntry to those crude and v.msteful ticen | methods which have prevailed in What has been the central feature Ume past—this is the mistake of the ] ive. ing de- | " i : ::)1 ‘::::: ::; t::‘eer;c::;a::’z “708(’ both understand that brain ana 4 " ! brawn and capital must conspire, Why, this surely: the exploitation e ¢ th e of‘filst to study and then to conquer ::f“r:‘m:;:: cionee Invention, | ccnditions which are wholly peculi- the Kan of Ikekinury thel:;:lnbtl’::-' ar. To understand and to master the: s tion of capital, and the aggregation . country—this is man'’s sole lndustrl;l i . But I forsee the and reshnenu{lon of labor. And this task 0 Florida " libly in D€ not far away, when our enor- 1§ what 18 te dominate Infallibly 1n rmous resources of timber shall be at the South also. Here are vast areas LA Tt 'once conserved and exploited; when o ) g Native and newcomer mus: ent of the! , | More fertile than the richest mine | With garlands covered o'er— " All that its magic name implies, A land of flowers and sunny skies. ! The soil for labor here gives back In wealth a hundred fold, Of diamonds or of gold; ! For Florida herself’s a gem, ! A jewel in God's diadem. When frigid blasts, sweep o’er the north In all the winter time, ‘The people with their grips come forth To seek a milder clime, {Aud thousands of them come eack i oy within and be. YUT endless stretches of flat woods . cO0TmOous resou;ccy Within £hall support herds of cattle and of reath the soil, hardly touched as yet; swine, and flocks of sheep which— ! raw materials for the manufacturer already immense and capable of in- cefinite increase; numerous water powers and other sources of energy, almost wholly wasted hitherto; a cli- risate in a high degree advantageous for many forms of industry; condi- tions of life peculiarly favorable tu cconomy and to health, and numer- cus decp water ports, either natura! or artificial. The astounding growth ‘of the South, and of the whole coun- try as well, is seen in such facts as these: In 1860 less than nine hun- dred thousand tons of pig iron were produced in the United States, last year the South alone produced more than million tons; then five ¢nd three-quarter million tons of bituminous coal were mined in country, last year the South alone mined more than a hun- dred million tons; then, then, the whole country niarketed less than one hundred mil- three the whole hons of dollars’ worth of lumber pro- | duets, last year the lumber products ! of the South alone amounted to more than four times that sum; hen, the whole country produced a half mil- lion barrels of petroleum, last year ! the South alone produced eighty-five r.illions of barrels; then, the rail- vay mileage of the entire country vas something more than thirty thousand miles, today the South . Leauty, and manufactured and, fattened on those extraordinary fooda which nature has given us as in com- | pcnsation for our poor and scanty | grasses, and slaughtered at some cen- | Where snow and blizzards never {tral point—shall feed a hungry | ecome~ \:.'orld; Wwhen our hammocks and, There is the place to make your drained everglades and prairies, shall | il (pour an immense and continuous stream of food stuffs into the frozen ' north the winter through; when cit- |ras and other fruits shall be grown in our piney woods in a profusion end of a quality not elsewhere to be watched; when factories for the can- | ning of surplus products and the wanufacture of our lumber and fi- Lrous plants into forms of use and the facture of sugar and of fertil- (dzers in almost limitless quantitics, {ehall be multiplied within our bor | i ders; and when the thousand miles weaving of cotton goods, and r-anuf | el our seacoast {@s that which stretches from Main. |to Virginia—and our inland waters | shall yield a supply of sea food of di- | vers sorts, hitherto undreamed of and vastly greater than that of any oth- er American commonwealth; and v.hen our commerce with Europe, ! with South American and with the iCrient, through ports artificially | ! deepened and through the Panama Canal, will be the source of immense | revenue to ourselves and of bless- ' Where mild and gentle zephyrs blow for the spinning and: -an amount as great , 'Ely's Cream Balm, i In a few minutes you will feel your head clearing, and after usiny ! 3 the Balm for a day or so the nasty ' . L ' K year To bask in balmy sunshine here. From Gulf Coast to the sea, Where golden oranges always grow On this peninsula, —T. A. Smith, St. Marys, Kan. AWAY WITH CATARRH A FILTHY DIREASE A Safe Old-fashioned Remedy Quick- ly, Relieves All Distressing “ Symptom-, If you are subject to frequen' : colds, or if you have any of the dis- i % tressing symptoms of catarrh, such f.' us stuffed up feeling in the heud,if‘[ irofuse discharge from the nose, ‘.0 sores in the nose, phlegm in the (o throat causing hawking and spitting .A dull pain in the head or ringing in 6 the ears, just anoint the nostrils or | rub the throat or chest with a little and see how quickly you will get relief. O SO SOOI SR PSSO S CFOS TS PUSO PSS OSOHOFOPO discharge will be checked, the pain, soreness and fever gone, and you uione has nearly ninety thousand | ings to the world. n:iles, and the value of the cotton | - A5 Atactused in. the Bontii is It is, I believe, a sober guess that "O: ? n;an ‘ta(. l'_f ! n )?I ‘:" t‘h'l' I ten millions of people will ultimately ":_ tah}c i:":; (Z:‘:‘(:: ?o::l)“‘;ear(: ag‘:; | bave their homes.in Florida—and ev- 4 vhole ¢ 1 y y ¢n go, it would be lef row The last federal census shows that in ‘ ¢ les crowded than { will no longer be offensive to your- -self and your friends by constantly "hawking, spitting and blowing. { Shake off the grip of catarrh be- i fore it impairs your sense of taste, i #mell and hearing and poisons your | 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 ha elsewhere. ve bought mmm“ LADIES' COAT_SUITS MEN'S AND BOYS SUITS AT 0ST1 oSt $8:Suits now $16 Suits now '$20‘S||its now &25 Suits now $4.98 ¢ $5 Pants at $10.9 $4 Pants at §15.00 & $3 Pants at $18.50 i 2 We carry a big line of all Jeather shoes. Cut prices $2.50 Pants at CREPIPbbt bbb b bbb bbb ) i dd i $3.50 $3.00 $2.48 $1.98 guarantced on ail of them. See them before buying. r §%'OIMWWSMW§WMS’O&O‘EMQWZZW*QWWWQ’WW&&?% IPOLQIQIQHD D 2P LMD OO M ICHD ORI OO CAID DO D ODC) §- G DS D PO S DB DB G DG B DS SO P the last three decades the value u., farm properties in the South in- creased by more than 200 pen-om:’ the amount invested in manufactur- ing increased near ten-fold; while the increase in bank deposits was more than a thousand per cent. And while the population of the South as a whole has not increased so rapidly a8 that of the North owing to the tendency of immigrants to settle in the cities of the North Atlantic sen- hoard, or to betake themselves West- ward, it should nevertheless not he forgotien tha the State of Florida ! frereased her population between the year 1860 and 1890 by a much larger percentaze than did the State of Ilinois—including the phenome- nal city of Chicago; while during the five years following, that increase was not less than forty per cent. There i8 every reason to believe that except for the calamity which befell *her at the time, and by which she was almost completely prostrated and paralyzed, her population would have increased by at least eighty per cent in that single decade—a growth almost unparalleled. It I were asked where in America today the young man can invest his resources of brain, brawn and purse, bis heart’s blood and s prayers, with expectation of the largest anq most varied ultimate returns, 1 should unhesitatingly say, “In the South, in Florida.” And what of the future: .| Connecticut now s, (these institutions of intellectual and | hardly more | than half so crowded as is Massa- | chusetts. And it is for these mil- ! lions, not for today, that some of us | are devoting our lives to the building ! vp of our common schools, our col- | leges, and our churches. It is that ! this coming multitude may be equip- | Ped for the Industrial tasks which | await them here and even more-- more by far—that they may forever . i reminded of tasks higher and more | rewarding than those which are in-| dustrial, that we are trying to’ es- tablish here on firm foundations moral culture. May they proclnimI te the coming generations that life i more than meat and the body than ! taiment; that no man, no State, no! nation, can live by bread alone, but that the real life is in the life of truth, of goodness, of duty and of love! whole system. In a short time you can be completely cured of this dis tressing disease by using Ely's (Cream Balm. This healing, antisep- tic Balm does not fool you by short, deceptive relief, but completely overcomes the disease. It clears the nose, head and throat of all the rank poison, soothes, heals and strengthens the raw, sore mem- branes, making you proof against i colds and catarrh, One application will convince you, and a 50 cent bottle will generally cure the worst case of catarrh. It is guaranteed. Get it from your drug- gist today. IN THE TENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT OF FLORIDA IN AND FOR POLK COUNTY—IN CHANCERY. J. H. Hempel vs. R. B. Huffaker, Special Master in Chancery, et al. The United States postofiice at Ki- dridge was broken into a few nights ago and twenty-five dollars in cash stolen. FELTBAD ALL THE TIME Shellhorn Lady Saffered a Gress Deal, But Is All Right Nov. Bhellorn, Als.—In & letter from this place, Mrs. Carrie May says: “A short It appearing by the affidavit of k. Tucker, Sr., in the above stated cause , that Franklin Trust Company, a cor- ‘poutlon under the laws of Pennsyl- |vnnll of the City of Franklin, and J. M. Crichlow, of Titusville, Penn- ’lslvnnla. St. Joseph’s Iron Works, a !corpontlon under the laws of Mich- igan, of Berrein, Michigan, are non- ' residents of the State of Florida, the | detendants named in the bill of com- plaint. There is no person within the lsute of Florida, the service of a sub. poena upon whom would bind saiq defendants, and that the said de- Permit me to remind you that || t!me ago, T commenced to have weak 'fcndants are over the age of twenty- am no newcomer, intoxicated by the r ild air, the blue sky, the nnwonted »nd deliclous fragrance of orange bloscoms, the mad joy of matin morking birds. For mearly thirty years I have studied assidonsly the industrial conditions with my own hands I have planteq. caltivated and harvested her pro- o f Florida: ! spells and headaches. I felt bad all the time, and soon grew so bad I couldn’t stay up. I thought I would die. At last my husband got me a bottle of Cardul, and it helped me; so he got Some more. After I had taken the second bottle, I was entirely well. I wish every lady, suficring from | Womanly trouble, would try Cardul. | It is the best medicine I know of. It one years; it is therefore ordereq , that said defendants be and are hera- by required to appedr to the bil of complaint filed in said cause on or before Monday, the 6th day of J | uary, A. D. 1913, otherwise 1} al- ! legations of said bill will pe taken ‘ay confessed by said defendants. ! It is further ordered that said or- an- duets; 1 have sunk my few and harq | 414 me more good than anything I ever C€T be published once a week for earned pennies in her thirsty sands: | used.” five consecutive weeks in the Lake- PA Ten Good Reasons, Why You Should Own a Lot in Park Hill K HILL VWWWAWWWWWWWW First. Because it is in the Best Town in South Florida. Second. Because it is as HIGH if not HIGHER than any point in Lakeland. Third. Because it has One Mile of Granolithic Side Walks. Fourth. Because it has High Class Building Restrictions. Fifth. Because 4 Beautiful Lakes can be seen from its Summit. Sixthi: “Because Shade Trees will be planted on all streets this . Fall, Seventh. Because all Streets will be Graded. 'Eighth. Because it is the most attractive Residential Section in Lakeland. ; Ninth. Because Lotscan be sold on REASONABLE Terms. Tenth. Be-ause if you don’t, you will wish you had, if vyou do, will always be glad. | I have seen her devasted by froste; | Cardul 18 & woman's tonle—a !a0d Evening Telegram, a newsnaper 1 have witnessed the Abomination ot | Strengthening medicine for women, | published in said county and Stags Tesolation stonding in her ho). Tade from ingredients that act spe-| This 6th day of December, . . Places—the pines and oaks ang | Sy on the womanly organs, and 1912. weeds stealing slowly back into the ‘2 help to bulld up the womanly con- | A. B. FERGUSON, fields where fruit trees once crew. stitution to clowing good health. | Clerk Clrcuit Court &nd the homes which sheltered han- ‘ As a remedy for woman's ills, it has TUCKER & TUCKER, pyr housholds vacant everywhere and o ;flmml record of over 50 years, | our druggist sells it. Please try ¢, l — | Solicitors for Complainant. in ruins—I have seen all this, ¥et | M.B.—Write to ‘ ? = : Ladies® Advisory .. Chattae never for one moment has the con. | §o06a Mediins Ca. Chariancogs. I‘mmw‘ Husbands. viction wavered within me that this | fer Womes.” sestla pis srapess, on eemeecs ™ | A €ynic says a husband tn the house Commonwealth has before it a future | ] o i but a husband heaven is a luxury. - i =—Jee—no G. C. Rogan or §. M. STEPHENS Deer- Bryant ¢ ilding