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PAGE FOUR. THE EVENING TELEGRAM, LAK ELAND, FLA., JAN. 9 1913, (he Evemng leleurahn Fublisiicd every afternoen from the sibject, perhaps, 1o amendwment, Iike the constitution of nis Sovercizn ftate. but as little likely o be abol- | { . ’ Kentueky Building, Lakeland, Fla, ! l;‘l 18 that revered document [ 1 # nil LA e ) ¥ i Entered in the postoflice at Lake- | o 3 b land, Fiorida, as mail matter of the‘ It it is a fact, as reported, that second cluss, M. F. HETHERINGTON, EDITOR. HEENRY BACON, Manager. limits of the City of Lakeland for 10 cents a week. From the same office is issued THE LAKELAND NEWS A weekly newspaper giving same of local matters, crop condi, tions, county affairs, ete. Sent any- where for $1.00 per year. ONE FIGHT DIXIE IS SURE TO LOSE. own and laughs to scorn every effort made e abolish it I is the one sbsurdity in zenteel society which i oes noy yield to the merciloss weap- ons of tire, irony and ridicule T himeelf, prince of satir- ists, with Dikeus to help him, could | the authorities of Los Anueles, Cal, rublicly of tida otanges recently shipped to that burned a carload Flor- as an oxpre m of their aver- i sion fer the fruit asa formidabl g5 ATES: competiior in the murkets vith ............... $5.00 their own, the fuil deta u piblished i1- wasa Thice months .. ... ' 1.25 inter-state commerce law ly : Delivercd anywhere within the | 'F Wore nof it was a dissraceril i thing to do if based on mer. spite «rd jelousy, In view of what hap- pened to the California orange groves g few nights avo, those peoply oncht to treat our ovanges with moere conrtesy, for they may bhive to rely on them to help supply “heir loeal demand. i 0- - ; trial and conviction of thar negro rape fiend up in Ocala within four days after he committed tne diabolical crime shows what the liw can do when the conditions are capture, : Claude L'Enzics Dixig goes alter aieht and iy is speeded up by public | the (ownels who are nog the real sentiment. And the negro was de- article who wear the title by rprived of none of his legal rights and | virtue of a custom which some peo- cot absolute justice. Now hang the | Gl of o practical cast of mind insist scoundrel at the earliest possible mo- | is moie bonored in the breach than ment the law allows and rid the il rvance. Many a stout lance world of his vile presence forever. | Pas been shivered against the colonel | That's the way to stop lynching and \ Labit in the South, but it holds its sirike the terrors of the law to the teasts who assault our women, 0 Paclelor Governor Gilehirist took i Parthian shot during the last hours od his administration at thoe gover- Lor's mansion which he failed to oc- cupy while he was chief executive. | have mad o impression on it. In g BiRe A ok _\ i . He addressed a letter to the board tict, Dickens tried it in a way in A g ‘ ' 4 £ R «f commissioners of State institu- his “American Notes” and in “Mar- 5 tions recommending thay the man- tin Chy but the immensity pEEdn e ! i - son be sold. But it is only fair to cf the job discourazed him and his g add that he also recommended the o slancht was hopeleggly inadequate e : : ¢ 1 i e R building of another mansion in a "y he strenzath o 10 co © a i { g S : ) more desirable part of Tallahasseo i \]' lies in it delicute flattery, It dif- s i S ety i ferentiates the colonel from the v | { ‘-; Hen ? L .. The biy merchants in the hig cities berd. so to speak, and invests him il i Tl are all agreed that a period of good . with a certain distinction in his ow £ 1 N i """” ! ¢ his fol. lmes is here and is likely to stay : mind and in the esteem of his fel- 4 ; . ) A den hich gl hi 1 i and that our prosperity can stand a | oW citizens which gives him almos A g 'z eny b i “ & ; i reagsonable revision of the [ill‘lfl'i @¢ much satisfaction as thoug e ] h it ; downward; but they are all agreed | 4 had an unimpeachable title to the . honor and could show his commis- sion duly signed and sealed if any- body demanded it. And the habit has its merit, too, for it carrivs with it a fine sentimeng of “‘noblesse ob- lige" and is responsible for enough | true chivalry and added sense of civie duty to almost condone ite ab- | surdity ! Quite a proportion of our best citi- 7ens carry this titular dignity and carry v gracefully, and it is to be it and beg the newspapers 1o omit! the military prefix when thefe, names are printed; but they are in | the grasp of an inexorable cuxtom | who came out of the war with their ' commissions fairly carned on strick- en, fields and elsewhere in e line ! of a soldier's duty, nor to those oth- ers who come by the title as officers 3 of the State troops or as members of old soldiers’ orzanizations. But, as we understand it, Dixie is seeking only to abolish the colonels, the ma- jors and captains who commissions by the doubtful title of | an ancient custom rooted in lh(-‘ . glories of the anti-bellum milllinl " i parades, and to reduce them to ranks ' v ! along with the wreat bhody of their fellow citizens, because that ig \\'hert‘: they are in fact despite their imagi- nary military distinction character once upon a time und we'! #ot the worst of it. They had the rumbers on us in that particular town, with the accompanying popu- lur prejudice in favor of the hibit; and in less than a wek we felt that the slow, unmovinz finger of public scorn was following ug like Nemesis all over town wherever we went, and a sence of deep gailt came upon us which made us feel thay we were an ontcast from good society becanse we had dared to lay ¢ vulzar, desecrating touch nnon a custom hallowed through genera- 1 tions and which was supporting tho dignity of half the homes in the community. We presently retired from that particular form of icono- ciasm and we've heen out of iy ever roloney a sinee Dixie may stamp out sneecial nrivi- lere in administration of the gevernmen: and all its other crneades, but when it hac finiched np «ith the lagy of them It will still fnd the Sonthern Colonel on deck — guave, assured, uneonquerable—not a rere perfonage, but an institution, the win that our inelastic currency system | it= ! p | un-Loving Girls. | By Laura Jean Libhey, ifue love tor a merry laugh, Ve (pe else, bt sie is too considerate v hore her (riends with her woes The jolly, mun-loving girl is always sopulur among her mates. She can wiways be depended upon to get out per skates on five minute's notice otd join the party en route for the trozen pond. It is she who aronses enthusiasm in the hearts of the ceuntry swain, aye, and the city boys tor that matter, 28 to what a fine lark a straw ride would be, with some country inn as the objective roint, could be indulzed in, though the thermometer did register at zeml weather. Every one is delighted to see the i fun-loving, jolly girl's face at the] door. She does quite as much good 'as the doctor in curing the blues and r+muggles the sunshine in, no matter | [how many shutters and shades are ! crawn to keep it out. She is like a [hardy plant; she can thrive with | | but little attention. She is sure to have adorers a-plen- | ty. No lover is absolutely certair that he can win her until he has her iy the hand, cfasped tightly, at the wltar Somehow she never makes enemies of [tion she refuses she sends them ! away ro araciously and quiet as | though love should never be taken reriously, She allows the hope that growing in their breasts to dwindle away slowly and by de- grees for wang of nourishment, She's a tiptop comrade this fun has been loving girl. like her. No wonder she holds the admiration of her husband to the end of her days. We often wonder why some homes are bright, happy #nd sunshiny, while others are dull wnd gloomy; there's a reason usually. Some girls believe nature intendcd them to be gloomy, even morose, and that they couldn't be anything else What arrant nonsense! tpon poor, overworked mother na- ture! Cheerfulness can be acquired Iy study of others who are genial and companionable. Chase who can a4 wWitty sioly or quip, and U who looks on the bright side of life, ; her little trials and tebuliations just the same as every where dancing and feasting the lovers whose atten- ! I wish there were more What a libel ; away | ‘I who is always | CROWN PRINCE OF BU.GARIA i at i | 5 Sis pre: J. day ing mee try of t icg Crange gecond and each month at f | Meets every \woqy,. e ‘Odd Fellows hail Meets the fire; <, . rmonth at Elrora !mv(\ts every cecond g 0 0 cordially invited K OF p Recular meeq;r 7:20 at 0d¢ Fo low members ajwy., F. Cha: * ACKS0ON G.ILAtwS Blossog A to b ters always weleop,. MRS Mrs. J B Grand Order sident; W. B . POST 33, ¢ 10 1. m tJ. M. Sparling o K.+ . AGLC SHAFYER, R. TALLEY, Rehel nights at 1. 0 0 brothers and « ! vited. MRS. JULIA FRi MRS. T. E. RO —_— .ake Lodee No ts Friday niohrs F. hall, 'vi E i i M. SMA E. ROI For Neatness in i+ -, London has adopied | which aims at ne he “stoppenr Latest photograph of Prirce wcri. of Bulgaria who is taking an active | the o of mending part In the war with Turkey. the “stoppeur” is e Sl ale L e O L S T G RN Sy known. Supposing % |23 meets the first Thursday wight 1 | DS coator bun | Lakeland Lodge No. 91, | each month in Masonic Hall. Visit ing companions welcomed. G Arendell, Sec'y.; J. F. Wilson. H F Palmn Chapter, /). k. S. meets every second and fourth Thursday nighte! of each mouth at 7:30 p. m. Mrs Flora Keen, W. M., Lucie B Eaton, Secy. = v, F & A ette in his trousers, 1 conveyed to the BOmMe mysterious wi material. weave in the stuft | of a bit of cloth ¢t part. 'sto} In some ——— | We Are a Natlon of FrogEaters, Frogs' legs at which ; ' . up their noses in disg L wobody seems to know just how to! i told a Metropolis reporter in Jack- W . £ ; ich “Washington Irving, the grea tright, merry, and fun-lovinz. “f“‘ ur‘ & urge "“.” 3 them that |, . oodian, bezan his career.” e was ' L s idn eol et o Uy had jsuinging you, son, or you got him | " them lh|ru>': upon them and they down wrong. It's almost enough to Y UR ‘\R "AIR ! were helpless to ke t?"‘ lunAmr‘ make Wash. and Henry both turn J ' Sime of thew protest in vain against i their graves to have Fred mi‘l and ravely sicoeed in Ushaking™ the 1y tha; he resigned before the next | Garden Sage. Restores Coicr unwel e mertial entitlement { oy ppecs has boeh in session 1 week : ‘, n ehich cline hoy 4 kg s S to Gray Hair. n J y Ou “A'M" ‘]ll ipatisine s 8010 iloe loves the Jlimelieht and ll|t~| v e 0 easo Man of the Sea i " { e cbunee to make a great speech be- A fecling » S8 ACC anies [] L1 % % i | A fecling of sadness accompani l A H Of course noe refrence is malde to reagrest andicnce, with tne pa- i : i irs | sh ld ow l i NN AT : @47 the discovery of the first gray hairs (’u a& ‘i A that long and honored array of men pers all over the country talking = n L ln ar ba vanw = . g | is very bad and (ongl\‘oss is urged gloomy thoughts, te put into it the missing factor of |4y, easticity, That's easy to say, but A smile lights up M. Regular communications held o face of even the plainest girls, second and 4th Mondays at 7:36 p raking it beautitul; a frown of dis- M. Visiting brethren cordially in years ago, have now hec lar an article of dict t than 6.000,000 frogs a v in Minnesota alove 1o 0 tiiv da Lakeland tamp No. 78, W 0. W, vited. | meets every second and {ourts Thurs- | content makes even a pretty gir! J. L. LOVE, W M. i ! 2 mand. The northwoest v Gt i displeasing to the eve. One girl || J. F. WILSON, Secy. |day night. Woodmen Circle 8rst | the most deliense bt o " 0 (knew, who confessed thag she has a Cord Tharsdays, W, J. Bstridge, the southern bullfroes T Fredevick Warde, the noted actor, | femper like Nantippe, took my tip Takeland Chapter. R. A W N Council Commander, Mrs. Sallie Scip- not 80 sweet or (cner i to read nothing but joke hooks for | S sonville the other day that he slur!-’awhih-: the plan worked splendidly v on the stage forty-five years ago Every girl can make herself what | at the same theater in England in ghe will, either down-hearted, or VWAAVWWWWAAA VAW W their trades and names in that r--vk-i s fashion VWAV QUICKLY VANISH We'll bot Joe Bailey will feel sor-, A Harmless .Remedy, .Made .from W hich unfortunately are looked upon as heralds of advancing age. Gr: bair, however handsome it may bho, makes person look old. We all | kibow the advantages of being younyg. ‘Asilh- from the good impression a youthful appearance makes on oth- ers, simply knowing that you are | “looking fit” gives one courage to undertake and accomplish things. So alout it nexp day And he can fur- righ the speech, too, as no other man + his time can. a 0 First. Because it is in the Best Town in South Florida. Second. Because it is as HIGH if not HIGHER than roint in Lakeland. The Pengacola Journal looks ahead td say:s “The Journal believes that ‘1 overnor Trammell is going to make | & record that will distinguish ‘him Land pave the way, no doubt, to oth- hold their ¢t honors at the hands of the people ci Florida.” . old on account of gray hairs, when a "simple remedy Wwill give your hair o When is the commission form of gevernment to be set cola? up in Pensa- People all over the State in- terested in the subject want to g how it will work and what improve ‘m(m it will make over the presear We enlisted In a crusade of this system. That 17,000 acres in Bradford purchased by the State as a pris farm is dead capital, and dead ca. i:al is a mighty poor investment in this age of the world. We susvect that the next lLegislature will fin! some use for that farm. SO . Governor Trammell's a’dress was unusually rich in prac- tical suggestions, and most probably scme of those suggestions will take the form of law before the end of Lis administration R Insane Asylums. The great Greek physicians had de voted much attention to insanity, and some of their precepts anticipated modern discoveries, but no lunatic asy- lum appears to have existed in an- tiquity In the first period of the monastic life a refuge is said to have been opencd for the insane at Jerusa- lem, but this appears to have been a solitary instance, arising from exi gencies of a single class, and it may be sald that no lunatic acylum ex- fsted In Christian Europe until about the time of the fifteenth century. inangural! why suffer the handicap of looking youthful color and beauty in a few days' time? Most people know that common garden sage acts as u color restorer and scalp tonic as well. Our grand- mothers used a “Sage Tea” for keep- ing their hair dark. soft and luxy- riant. In Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy we have an ideal prep- aration of Sage, combined with sy)- phur and other valuable remeqdies for dandruff, itching scalp and thin. weak hair that is split a; the epde or constantly coming out. A few gp. plications of this valnable rop.g. will bring back the color, and iy a short time it will remove oyppy trace of dandruff and greatly im.- prove the growth and appearance of the hair. Get a fifty cent bottl. from your druggist today, and notice the gif- ference in your hair after , days’ treatment. All drueciers solt it. under guarantee that the mopor will be refunded if the re medy not exactly as represented —_— Surely Had Forgotten Something, An Eastbourne, Sussex (England) woman recently started on a railway journey with the uneasy feeling that she had forgotten something. This turned out to be correct, for she had to toke the next train back to pick up her ¢hi'4. which she had e on the station plaiform. few Third. Fourth. Because it has High Class Building Fifth, Sixth. Fall. Seventh. Because all Streets will be Graded. Eighth. in Lakeland. Because it has One Mile of Granolithic Side Walks Restrictions. Because 4 Beautiful Lakes canbe seen from its Summit. Because Shade Trees will be planted on all streets this Because it is the most attractive Residential Section Ninth. Because Lotscan be sold on REASONABLE Terms Tenth. Be-ause if you don't, you will wish vou had, if ‘ou do, will always be glad. —Ste—r G. C. Rogan or S. M. STEPHENS Deen- Bryai:! Building