Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, January 6, 1913, Page 2

PAGE TWO. “IS THE WORLD In our article last Sunday, in enu- pierating the list of abuses kave seen abolished in the brief pe- of our own life time, and the re- torms inaugurated, we omitted to i.ention the establishment of our free school svstem, which has be- Lcome “the chief stone of the corner” i1 our political fabric. When the writer was a boy there wore no publie schools in the south and the children of poor {eent parvents, and orphan children, twere compelled to grow up without "the aid of an education. » Now publie schools dot every val- ley and hilltop, and in t 1s and , Cties there are universities, colleges ~@nd high schools, and to many of | whicih the doors are cpen alike to ,hmh sexeg, and the tuition, If not ! free, is a merely nominal sum, | The *door of opportunity” has i Leen flung open wide to woman, and i she is being emancinated from old I traditions which narrowed hep scope ]rl’ usefulness, and her opportunities are now almost on the plane of man. Evety dollar you deposi. in this bank is protected by the Government. The most stringent financial laws in the world apply to National Banks. Government experts watch each transaction. That is why this Bank is so safe. We can remember when, tor a wo- (man to have heen seen behind a store [ counter or at an accountant’s desk, it was presumptive evidence of hep i ! logs of womanly modesty, and she [ — ’4'_i1' c0 at the poril of subjeeting her- 3" I to unfriendly and unsavor: poriticism, and 1o have ridden horse- thi with jmpunity, and oven fany of the s that she does now immnnity fron eriticism, wonld then have ex- of Lakeland iod her from our socinl cireles, Then, oo, many of our moedern in- ventions have widened w e lim s — e S i k itation: and wondertnlly e e o) her epportnnities of nsefviness n the olden time, i d o rely except those fu- MIAPS, Mups of any dererintion comphied on short BLUE PRINTS Lo of fortune, belh upon her needle as | nutice, dpeca’ arie Ponly pesonrce; now, a thousand on- € ven o compiling city, display and advertising mapm uty ana Siave | portunitios pree st ber Liddine and in - erery instance she s shown herseld twaps Kept b bhaud Chemically prepared, non-fadius blue »rinis st res " canal to them, .\ o oplane of op- BLrbie paies Special rates for prints ib 18rge quantives portunity is lirted higher and higher she has shown her versatility and Prompt attention given mafl ord-re M South Florida Map and Blueprint Co Boom 213-215 Drane Building LAKELAZ Y adaptability for her action, sphere of P the thousands now geen he- hind =tore connters and at - writing ever-inerensing numbers ar tele typewriter and Merzenthaler soen handling the keys of the vraph, mach ind they use them with as [y T O e w I m et A roteh dexterity 2s do men; and even at the eniding-wheel of the antomo- Ao and acroplime they show almost ac much efticieney and as much evi- dent conrage as their brothers, Inosome of the sintes they have they hold of- fice, administer justice, and, cven in Florida, they are made notarics pub- Slie, and in some clerks of courts, Is worth a pound of cure. & | . siven the ballot: For that reason it Will Py Yot To Insure While Fire Insurance can’t instances The citizens of the “olden times" pvould have been horrified at snch o state of things, O QBQIPQAROROD T that we, and indi- GROW- ING BETTER OR WORSE?” shock the modesty of our readers. Omitting what he says of tie un- printable crimes of depraved and women and virgins, he zces on to say that at the taking of Pervsinm three hundred of the most dis guished citizens were solemnly ficed at the altar of Divus Julius by Ceravian men The higher classes on all sides ex- habited a total extinetion of morai principles—the lower classes were all atheists, itus says: | « holy ceremonies of relizion "\-;or.- violated; adultery reigning without control; the adjacent islands !illed with exiles; rocks and desert places stained with clandestin mur- ders, and Rome itself a theater of horrors, where {and splendor of fortune marked men oug for destruction; where the vigor | of mind that aimed at civil dignities, 2ud the modesty that declined them, were offenses without destinction; { Where virtue was a crime that led [u, certain ruin; - where the guilt of informers and the wages of their ini- jqni:_\ were alike detestable; where It sucerdotal order, consular dig- ‘nit.\. the government of provinces, "and even the cabinet of the prince, were seized by that execrable race as their lawful prey; where nothing Wis sacred, nothing safe from hind laves we rapacity; wi ‘. or by their own lence excited azainst their masters; vhere freemen betrayed their pa T andg he who li i (hey icd by the fricnd N an make us believe that | ‘N in her worst days (sueh as 1 ve ave only in pait de- N o wurbored sneh condi 1 I viee as are nrevalent in o ircles of the present ti ;| 0 Al tirul- 1\ uid virtue ereatly micre in Tesporae to the open door of the school Lonse, the widening influenc of the pnlpit and the thons; of Merzenthaler click of nds na- chines With these agencies on foot Lnoviedee is increasing, the com- tores of life are becoming more uni- Verisal, and in evbry coneeivable way we are making the world better, and as these pro s crease, as they azencies in- doing, it must on from better to hest 20 until ail neo- ples everswhere will the fither- recogiize i “brotherhood of man and the hood o1 ted.” | Ocala Banner Upholstering .~ --and-- Mattress Making FURNITURE uphoisterea OLD MATTRE CUSHIONS of | 0. der. CARPETS and RU'GR (laid; also matting, ete In regards to workmanship Mr. W. P. Pillins, of Lakeland, wro knew me ‘or about 16 years at Or tando, Fla. Drcp me a postal card o= call at shon No 411 3 Ohio ave nue. Phone 272 Greon Arthur A. Douglas ~ GUARDING mude kinds over mads t feancd THE BEST IS NONE T00 GOOD-~ in rezard to vice and immorality in | IF EN- meR’[ co “l‘m licr worst days? | GRAVE Y “fi » Draper, in his * 1y | o INCORPORATED, b CORRECT oument of Kurope, . H MA}IUFACTURINC, ENGRAVERS “No lanznage can deseril the LOUISVILLE, KY,U.S.A. State of Rome after her ¢ivil ware WE ARE, THEIR EXCLUSIVE AGENTS FOR THEIR EXCLUSIVE LINE. The acenmlation of power and Fulljline of Dennison’s Gitt Dressings; also Gibson Art Co's wealth gave to universal e Eugraved Specialties, Holiday and Faney Goods, Tovs, kte. pravity ceased to o ¥ LAK ELANL) value. A suitor must dey : Boo’\ 61.ORE before a trial conld be had ‘,“ cial fabric was 1] mass of Testerning o i _— — ———— | rottennes oo ome e ORI+ TN KRNI KL = pemasy ¥ was demoniac; the city ell. No t wickedness can retrated crime at the R. L. MARSHALL CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER Will tesvak plane and specifications or will foliow any plans and frie tem Tene lwi‘utioh! farnished. cest: and crimes that ca be ten. Women cof I dan SUNGLLOWS A SPECIALTY. were o depraved i rons men could not b Hed tract marris with them.” He says that the printable, bu; really not print the things ‘himsv!f enumerates, comy 10 {21 we obcw you Jome Lakeioud homes I bave built LAXYLANS, Phone 287-Graen. crimes were up- ! really we can-, that FLORIDA Draper ! prevent the home from % Really to woman's opening carver Hurning down ol usefulness there scems to be no | & o sopping e Her usefulness has It IS lhe Source F: Ilw|a o od in church work: she ::: ’l.\\‘.\ tills our and is made whence comes the means for the G | tissionuries 1o foreiun londa % ‘:: It ean be said of her thar = B U l L D l N G O (‘ l T U P @ giving a sweeter and - holier tinge to "' ,spiritual things ¢ . : ) I represent reliable companies. | am dealing 3 | g S i e i & !she is now « bying she performs ininsurance only. That is my sole business. $ | e duties that they cnail withon o -] Ilnsin: her womanly . l MANN Successor to the Johnson Agency & !"“:Il: lln;l"m\‘\‘x:l':-‘:‘\ 'tlll(‘-m ull];‘-]illll::li'v : “i“; > - re C ands the ration an . [ Room 7, Ravmondo Bldg. l’lmne:iog |”"_ LI e m‘g« ~‘0‘:0‘3":"30‘5'°'?’°‘m0‘3’0'§-m5*0'§"3WMOGO@O‘WM !flml we are erecting monnments to T———' | emphasize her virtues WH i So we may well ask if § be trine that “Rome, in her worst daye, nover | | harbored such conditions of view ye f:ro prevalent in oour hizhest s 4@1‘; circles at the present time?” | What was the condition of Rone #one in this place excapt to test oysters sontain typhoid germs. The photograph swews Dr. They would ' wats, Miss Ruth C. Greathouse and Miss Maagde L. Mason. nobility of descent | the | malevo- | the ! - | Cigars For the Holidays make a splendid gift for men ifthey are the right i, of cigars. We beg to inforin the ladies that lnm.;:;;; Bium Cigars are the right kind, The kind that smoke themseives instead of giving away to the ,, i So you can come and get a box of BLUNTS !'«.u ,‘ .v n band. broth., ( sweetheart ang { fe | ! Sure You are o, | g ! what he wi) | i Be sure you (4 | i “INNANS LU For sale at® al) ., stores, Manufactured iy \ INMAN CIGAR FAICTORY Phone 233 Red mm 3 Lakeland Steam Laundyy! Phone 130. West Main St E] i Fl P . R * 3 «Sebring, Florida The Town of Beautiful Locaticn The Town of Progress The Town of Opportunity Inquire About It At Room 1, Raymondo Bldg.,, Lakeland. Il C. D. M'CAIN, MANAGER. [ WHITE STAR MARKET i GUY W, TOPH G. P. CLEMMONS 1 PROPRIETOR MANAGER Phone 279 Corner Florida & Main | The Sanitary Mark:: ‘ H | j - Florida and Western Mects of A!l! Kinds Fresh Vegetables & Mother’s Bread Subscribe for The Telegrem AGAINST THE POLLUTED OYSTER and the water