Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, December 21, 1912, Page 4

THE EVENING TELEGRAM, LAK ELAND, FLA., DEC. 31, 1913, '” t i l» I r m The Christmas editions of ous |Shall we surrender to the megro to|think. The truth is that the forces be loath to make known, in a man- ! ven n“ e w a weekly State contemporaries, all|the extent of saying that he has com- | of Christianity in all jts denommg.‘n“ for the outside world to know cublished every sfternoon from the clad in gorgeous overcoats, are pour- pelled us to surrender our civiliza- | tions were never 8o active on this |it, the statements obtained.” ing in and a glad welcome they get | tion? earth as they are today; and, while | —_— Kentucky Buildiag, Lakeland, Fis. 2t these headquarters. They indi-| If our laws are not adequate to, the daily story of the sins and sor- | : " Eutered in the postoffice at Lake- cate Drosperity, good cheer and the | punish certain crimes, can we not |rows of the human race as told by | "‘and, Florids, a5 mall matter of the true holiday spirit. Florida has a|make the needful laws? the newspapers indicates that Satan “scond clase. | wide-awake, up-to-date press, both| These are questions that every|is a very industrious old party and “Ye're wrong;’ “"Tis O'Brien!" roareq ¢y, driy ') =, daily and weekly; thoroughly en- Southern white man should be able ¥ ¥. HETHERINGTON, EDITOR" | ., "0, Y '1:;‘: ok af bidln | s Gikentiial a4 shaeld Ko willing A. J. HOLWORTHY ;in the development of the State and | -almly to think about. susiness snd Circulation Manager, giving the best possible advertise- e SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ment to its resources, and if the| (ommissioner McRae has just re- ic doing a rushing business, under ; less sensational headlines we find 'ahundant evidence of ever increas- ing work to checkmate him. Ther:; may be less of religious formalism A LITTLE NONSENSE NOW AND THFN One JEAT ....-eec00000+86.00 ipeople of Florida are not proud of | ¢;rned from an investigating tour ¢ | now than in the past, but of religion | He Came from the Country, e — ' To the most popular girl & 8chool Teacher—A flock of twelve Jand See Six months 3.60 ,‘hm newspapers they don’t know |(he convicts camps of the State and | itself there is more than ever be-'gheep were in a fleld. One Jumped : r;reo months ... ..... 138 ;@ good thing when they see it. be reports that “the existing condi- | fore. The world is not “plunging’over the fence. How many 'erol H- Delivered anywhere within the Trrlieere tions are indeed good and that all |hellward;” its tendency is in the'jeft? i THE JEWELER il 2 tho Ol or Tavaiess Navigation for steamers across|ine convicts are in splendid spirits|cther direction. Boy—None. T ummoo t:l viok | Florida from the Gulf to the oceali|and health,” says a Tallahassee dis- e 8. T.—You know a lot about arith- for 10 cen! !is at last achieved. A dispatch from [patch, Now ain’t that bully? “All THE CONVICT LEASE metic. [ ] dn“ #rom the same office is issued | T2mPa a few days ago says: the convicts in splendid spirits and SYSTEM IN ARKANSAS,| Boy—Maybe I don't know nothing kealth.” And yet some of you fel- lows on the outside are bewailing the unhappy lot of those on the in- side. Oh, happy convicts! Oh, luek- THE LAKELAND NEWS “For the first time in history a weekly newspaper giving e re- Steamer completed a trip by water :une of local matters, crop comdi-'Aacross the State of Florida yester- d by . tc. Seat day when the Suwanee, owne: .?::me:“f? u.::‘ r:," .,,.., I(‘hlrlu W. Ward of the Illustrated { Outdoor World and Recreation mag- " | azines landed at Fort Lauderdale on | nijsgioner McRae reported the situa- The war on that useful domestic ' the east coast of Florida. The route|tion just as he saw it, but these fowl known as .the South Florida is via the Caloosahatchee river, Lake | oictal trips, Proino SR ‘ g buzzard bas begun and peop: Ocheechobee and the Fort Lauder-|prepared for, can ha: ml"'b.“"’""“ delicate sensibilities are combining daie sanal rom Fort Mfers on the g to put him out of business. They 'we-t oat” rank him with the sacred scavenger dog of Constantinople as a back number nuisance no longer to lw:comml'.uae, said committee being dil- Bt o mpyh o;.u::hf:":::: | igently engaged in searching for an game law is not at hand; 'alleged money trust, doing business | fore the students of a morthern uni- that inspired document say about in this country, J. Pierpont Morgan | versity dominated by federalist tra- him? said there was no such thing and | ditions and in a lecture seek to ele- that all the banks in the world |vate Jefferson at the expense o 1f Woodrow Wilson escapes nerv- | couldn't organize a money trust. | Hamilton and indulge in uncompli- ous prostration before the ith of | We have the word of William J. mentary remarks about the latter. camps! show the evil as well as the good of the system. LSRR G e ) We thought that John Sharp Wil- liams bad more tact than to go be- by In his testimony before the House ————— less humanity outside the convict We don’t doubt that Com- on to reveal normal conditions and| As our own convict lease system tere in Florida is under fire and has its ardent friends and bitter ene- mies, how that system works in oth- er States is pertinent to the {issue here. The other day in Arkansas Governor Donaghay pardoned 31+ State convicts and 44 county con- victs and as such exercise of the par- doning power was a record-breake: te felt impelled to tell the publi: why he had released so many con- victs at one time from imprison- ment. The body of his letter is as follows: “I have consistently fought the convict lease system ever since i have been in public office. Time after time | have pleaded with the Legis- luture to abolish it, but no adequate grvllef has yet been given, partly due next March, he will be a lucky man. | Kryan that there is a money trust|We hardly wonder that the students ' (. 4 disposition to let the matter as He is just back from Bermuda and |in this country operating to the dis- | made a rough house. We don’t ca.rn; it is with the statement that the already the advance guard of the advantage of the people and, al-!much for Hamilton at the South and penitentiary is not designed for a cfice-seeking horde has reached him ' though he doesn't profess to have | his name has little or no historical Sunday school. and is making life miserable for ' geen such trust, his word with us is prestige with us, but it is very dif-| “In answer to such a statement le: him. That's the trouble about be-!just as good as Mr. Morgan’s and ‘ ferent at the North, where they rani , me say, ‘nor was it designed for a ro- ing president—the poor man is kept ‘ we must hear from him before yield- { him almost next to Washington and { veneeful hell” In a measure that is fo busy at the pie counter that he bas scant time for the larger duties talk Mr. Morgan any day in the ator Williams is altogether right in Siate have resolved themselves into. of his office in which real statesman- yeur, and we believe he can convince ' esteeming Jefferson by far the great- 4 . The abuse of power by a few ind:- ship is required {us that there is a money trust. 10.- man, and the world generally so viduals acting as justices of the ______ &7 | — | { regards him, but the gentleman from pcace, us is made plain by the ree- Some of our estecmed contempo-| Discussing lynchers and other Mississippi should have considered ords, is enough to stagger raries express impatience at any criminals, the Columbia (S. C.) State his audience and as an invited gues: »muzement those who have given the further discussion of the State di- 8ays: The question for Southern-' bhave been careful to smooth the fur matter no attention. vision subject and want it stopped crs to ask themselves is, can't we the right way. “Throngh official and other chan- as a waste of time and idle chatter. make laws that we can obey We| {nels 1 have secured reports which and yet they continue to afflict their , Whits people who elect the Gover-| The report of the presiding elde: | are startling, and but for the records i f e W ing the point. Mr. Bryan can out- bis name and fame are sacred. Sen- v hat it and the county farms of the | into ‘ readers with high temperature com-fnorn and Legislators and choose the 'of this district to the Tampa Meth- ment on Cole Blease. We will cheer- | Juries, if we have a peculiar problem. fodlsg conference, showing 1,000. ac- fully leave it to any competent ;have we not the capggity to solve it | cessions to the church since the last (lu the cases they could scarcely b | j accepted as true, gotten from official j documents and personal statements committee if State division hasn’t in a lawful manner? Shall we be report, is a remarkable exhibit of rmong a civilized people; and bur more good sense and good taste in ! driven to the methods of savages and | spiritual activity in a single denom- [for the necessity which compels me it than Cole Blease as matter for |anarchists? Does the presence of thell'\athn. Materialism isn’t over-|to officially transmit to you an ac- about arithmetic, but I know a whole lot about sheep.” ; The Stenographer’ On a trial, when t.:c witness on the stand was being subjected to a o merciless cross-examination, in an- BAP—AL the second-ang swering one question the witness iron beds from b $150 o nodded. Whereupon the court ste- |*PTi288 $1.50 and up. gregq, % nographer, who was crowding the |53 WP chairs 60c to 31, ) bany lmit to get it all and could not see |3tV tables, cots, rocker, ¢\, ', the witness, at once demanded: sectional bookease, good as new; “Answer that question,’ to which |3 POFeh swing. A pare o this fop. the witness replied. niture bas been used but very lige “I did snswer it; I nodded my; ARCHER, 210 W. Majp, head.” The stenographer, without s moment’s hesitation, came right See back with: “Well, I heard it rattle, but could |~ not tell whether it was up and down cr from side to side.” Not That Family, Anyhow. The Second-Hand St In Dublin a car driver was caught 1210 West Main , by a zealous policeman in the act of Breet, ,ake]dndffl‘ :drlvlng furiously, says the Conti- | nent. The policeman stopped him and said: . i “Ye must give me yer name.” | Upholstering t “But I won't give ye me name,’ ..a"d.' said the driver. e A | “Ye'll get yerself into trouble, Mattress ‘Hak"\ said the policeman, “if ye don't give ! ° lo me yer name.” | FURNITURE uphoisti i “I won’t give ye me name,” said | OLD MATTRESSLS Tt ' 2 askeq| CUSHIONS of all ki hat is yer name, now?"” as ed;o:dfif. | the angry policeman. CARPETS and RUGs “Ye'd better find out,” said "“"ltld; also matting, etc. In regards to workmuie : ., Mr. W. P, Plllins, of Lake -0 {knew me for about 16 y.:rv . lando, Fla. driver. “Shure, and I will,” said the po- ' liceman. 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