Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, January 13, 1913, Page 4

PAGE FOUR The Evening Velegram Published every afternoon from the Kentucky Building, Lakeland, Fla. - I'Im«'rml_iu the pustdlilce at Lake- . land, Florida, as mail matter of the second class. M. F. HETHERINGTON, EDITOR,! HENRY BACON, Manager. ONEYRAY s v s $5.00 Sixmonths .. .. ...... .o 2,50 Three months ........ s 120 Delivered anywhere within the limits of the City of Lakeland for 10 cents a week. From the same office is issued ot be the v of the Times, but e —————————————————— it will find it It in a sorry minority || 0 assuming the contrary position." A l_l]]l[ N“NS[NS[ NO V AND THFN S With two leading ministers in Or- itndo, men of the highest personal worth and Christiun character, standing sponsor for legitimate stagze There is nothing like a shared amusements in that city by partici- {ense of humor to bring about a se- pating in the opening program of | rious attachment. It is the lost the Grand theater there, people who | lrughter once enjoyed together that THE EVENING TELEGRAM, LAK E e i Look! Lookt SPECIALIST Eye, Ear, Nose aud Thivay dlasses S8cientifically Prescribea Phone: Office 141, Residence 2: Bryant Bldg. lakeoland Fla THE LAKELAND NEWS A weekly newspaper giving a re- same of local matters, crop condi, tions, county affairs, etc. Sent any- where for $1.00 per year. i LAW COMPLIED WITH AND JUS. | TICE DONE—WHAT'S WRONG ? The trial and conviction of a ne- gro for criminal assault on a white voman in Marion county within three days after his arrest last week and his sentence to be hanged Wednesday of this week has precipi- tated a newspaper discussion, iy be- ing insisted one side that the speed o' the proceedings was incousistent with legal decorum in a case of such gravity. That an issuc of this kind should be made is surprising, for to us it seems that the prompt dispo- sition of the Marion county case should be matter for gencral re- joicing, becausg it suved thag county from the disgrace of a lynching and brought (he swirt vengeance of the law upon a wretch in whose behalf not one word of defense or excuse could be uttered The right disposition of cases of this character. 1o the end that such crimes may be made as infrequent as possible and the fullest protec- tion of the law be thrown around our women is a matter of superlative importance, and the speediest possi- ble trial consistent with law and' the early infliction of the death pene alty is certainly one means to that end. The Tampa Tribune in replying to the Times of that city on this ques- tion handles it so clearly and con- clusively as to leave no doubt that it has the right side of the issug and expresses the best thought of the State on the subject. After noting that the negro had been duly indict- ed by the grand jury and that the | mob was hungry for the vriminul,l the Tribune says: “The trial followed immediately, ' the prisoner being represented h.\': counsel, appointed by the court, We | have the word of the Ocala papers | for it that every opportunity was | given the prisoner to seenre wit-| nesses and compel their ;nn-mi:mw.] He had no defense The ovidence was conclusive, including fdentification by the vietim was the oceasior could ha« of justice or | | the trial o w month, or| awaiting 1he ar sitting of the grand jury? * * = | “The Tribune the | only method of preventine lynchings | in this State is the method adopted by Hillsborouzh connty, in the cpee | of Anderson. and by Marion county, | positive What What I bgained for the cause for delay? Hanity hy postponin or a believes that Delaying such plain and conclvsiv, cases merely fans public discontent with the procedure of the courts. It .opens numerous possibilities for th-' miscarriage of justice through the eecape of the prisoner or other means It is the his- | tory of serious crimes in I-‘lorldal of thwarting the Jaw. that, when the irial is d-layed and the court procedure interrupted by | frequent technicalitics, the criminal | nearly always escapes proper pun-' ishment. One instance of 1he rrompt ; and direct action of the courts, the speedy imposition of the worth much to the State in 1), pre- vention of mob outbreaks and sim. ' ilar outrages. “We do not agree with th. Times when it says that it would have pre. | 10int of numbers. ferred lynching at the hands of the mob rather than the trial and con- | viction in Circuit Court think any good citizen of Florida will agree with the afternoon paper cn that proposition Florila was spared a lynching in this case, only through the confidence of the people in the promise of the officials that tkere would be a speedy trial That promise was carried out and the pe- gro has been duly convicted and sen- tenced and will be executed nex Wednesday. That, to the mind of the Tribune, is infinitely better for thé good name of the State |z the campaign tn the case of the negro lohnson. |, law, is We do not | think the playhouse is, per se, the hell, may panse and revise their views on that sub- jeet. We should hate to think that r. Stagg, the fine old Presbyterian minister in Orlando, had deliberately crected himself into a monumentg of evil intluences by the part he took in that theatrical opening. And we vestibule of well never will. 0 2 The Manufacturers’ Record says that we can easily quadruple the tourist travel of Florida by building good roads all over the State. There isn’'t the slightest doubt that the tourist travel here is going to in- crease every winter and that we will have better roads with each succeed- ing year; nor will we have to rely on that $50,000,000 bond issue to set both or either. For all time to come the climate will draw the tourists, and bond issue or no bond 1ssue, the roads will steadily improve as one of the factors in the general progress of the State. PRy L In nearly every city and town in ' Florida an editor is applicant for some appointment under the incom- ing Democratic administration Gainesville is an exception, however, &: no newspaper man of this city is applying for position, Cainesville Sun. Same way in Lakeland, Bro. Me- tederal Creary, and it saves an awful lot of worry. There will he no perturba- tion in Lakeland newspaper circles following the fourth of March, for our serenity is firmly based upon the well-known political beatitude which ! tells us that blessed is he who ex- pects nothing, for he shall not be disappointed. e The Times-Union replies in a long | and stately leading article to the | criticism of the Telegram that it was too frigid in its relations to the State press, and when we finished 1cading it we gogp into our overcoat and asked the office boy to please puke up the fire. It was an ice-clad intellectual treat that leading ar- ticle was but not until next July will ve call for another like it. \We can appreciate it better then. 0 s Just now there is no end of ad- vice, speculation and suggestions as te the cabinet of President-eloct Wil- | son. One of these suggestions really | worth considering is tha; of Senator Fletcher of this State for secretary of agriculture, We don'y know that the senator wiunts to leave his pres- ent position and we are not sure that e would be wis, in doing so, but we are sure that he is of ecabiney size and as a member of the presideat's | { ofticial family in almost any capacity | Lie would by equil to his task o T A\ late dispateh says that P oesi- dent-elect Wilson in a recent inter- view has made i clear that he will pick men for office because of their service ability, not becanse of their politienl activity in his behalf dur- This is obviously neht bug it will be sad news to a arse number of persons who have been contidently basing their claims te recognition under the new admin- istration wpon their work for Mr. Wilson’s nomination rather than their fitness for the particular johs they seek. 0 - Petersburg Board of Trade members, all of whom have paid their dues up to March. A fine showing indeed. The dispatci giving this information says that the €1. Petersburg Board of Trade has the largest membership in propor- tion to population of any city in the country. We are not so sure of that The St now has 7 ; “he Lakeland Board is not far be- hind that of the Sunshine city in What is the pop- ulation of St. Petersburg? —— 0 Rube Allyn, who got out a few spicy numbers of The Bay of Sara- t0ta at convenient intervals, has turchased the plant of the Whlto: Springs Messenger up in Columbia county and will move it down to Sarasota and get out his paper reg- ! ularly every week. Rube is clever with his pen and we are glad that he is going on the job regnlarly. RS —— Yes, the people of Florida sym- ,lathize with California in the disas- than | ter to her citrus fruit crop and the ! vould have been the spectacle of an wrecked reputation of her “glorious angry mob, defying all forms of law, | climate,” but as the folks in Los An- wresting the criminal from the cys. geles tody of the officers supposed to pro- tect him and taking his life in the usual barbarous fashion. Thig may . show publicly burnt our oramges to their aversion for us, they might now resent as an insult any expression of our sympathy for them. Dr. a. R. SULLIVAN Physician and Surgeon. SPECIAL ATTENTION TO SURGERY | wakes the deepest ache of the years ar it is blowa back to us on the wind of memory, all the fun and fro- i lic of loving, the light-hearted non- q scnse and childishness of it. The e &L great, solemn moments repose in #:30 p. m, 7 p. m, warble urns, watched over by the | Deen-Bryant Bldg, Ground Floor. stars. The pomp of death is about - - i S them. But the moments when we UR. W. 8 IRVIN were plainly foolish, moments of VENTIST “'silly sooth” together, those never Esiablisbed 1u July, 1yoe die, but haunt the lonely heart for- | ®ovms 14 and 15 Keutucky bui!diu; ever. How they suddenly catch one Bhones; OMse 189:/ Reglgence ¢ by the throat some summer day, and | DR. W. R, GROOVER, fill one with sudden tears, and hope- PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, less longing!-——Richard Le Gallienne, Rooms 3 and 4 Kentucky ».dg. Lakeland, Florida. d. M. TRAMMELL, Attorney-at-Law. Offices, Bryant Bulldiag Lakeland, Fila She-—Sometimes you appear really manly and sometimes you are effemi- nate. He—1 suppose it is hereditary. Half of my ancestors were men and the other half women!-—Tit-Bits, By Way of Contrast, “l always aim (o have | Shakespeare in my theater during {the winter,” said the manager of i the Punkintown opera house, ' “You think the public demands T Raymondo Bldg. “Nope. But it helps business in | Lakeland, the long run. It makes ’em appre- ciate ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ and ‘Ten | 8. EDWARDS Nights in a Barroom.” Attorney-at-Law. ton Star., Office in Munn Bufidiug LAKELAND, FLORIDA. @ D & H. D MENDENhALL Civil Engineers and Architects Lakeland, Fla. TUCKER & TUCKER, —Lawyers— Fioride Washing- Hardly a Mouthful. “Is your Mississippi river very wuch larger than our Thames?" Rooms 212-2156 Drane Bldg. asked an English lady of a western LAKELAND, FLA. , Visitor, according to the St. Louis | Phosphate land examimation. Sur Republic. | veys, examination, reports Blueprirting. 'A. 7. MACDONOUGH, Room 6 Deen & Bryant Bldg. Architect. : Newest Ideas in Bungalow Designing i . ; Lakeland, Florida. ! Quick Witted. . hix They are telling a story of a bride- Do ROGEBS, groom who was absent minded, but Lawyer, quick witted., Room 7, Bryant Building. Before starting for Washington on Phone 259. the honeymoon he did what more Lakeland, Florida. than one Mr. Newlywed had done be- |~ ¢ R. B. HUFFAKKR, fore him - bought only one ticket. | I «"Larger?” answered the western- er. “Why, ma'am, there ain't enough water in the whole Thames to make ~a gargle for the mouth of the Mis- sissippi.” 4 4l Sy ~Attorney-at-Law— | When his wife reproached him for meor 7 Btuamrt Bldg. Bartow. Fla being oblivious to his new relation-' _____ _ - ship he promptly said: DR.N. L. n!uv [ “Why, by Jingo! You are ri;:hl.I DENTIST. ; my love. [ had forgotten myself en- {®ooms § and 9, Deen & Bryant Butla | ing. Phone. 339. Residence Piione 300 Red LAKELAND, FLA “W. §. PRESTON, LAWYER (Offce Upstairs East of Court House.) BARTOW, FLORIDA. Examination of Titles and Real Estate Law a Specialty. tirely!" ! Coming Events, i Bank President- What's the mat- fter? i i Bank Vice President 1 was jusf' thinking. 1| sat next to our cashier {in church yesterday, and [ don't "quite like the way he sings ‘Will they miss me when I'm gone.' the deep sea he is protty sure to find the devil on the orher side of him, Magazines. ORDINANCE NUMBER 147 Stationery AN ORDINANCE amending Ordi- | (Pance Number 141, being an Or(i'i-‘ nance requiring all persons to ob- {tain a permit from the mayor before :g'i\'ing any street performance, and inposing a license upon the same, | BE I ORDAINED BY THE [COUNCIL OF THE CITY oF 1akk. |Come and see me before pur | LAND, FLORIDA: Section 1. That Section two of [chasing elsewhere, !Ordinance Number 141 of the City of i Lakeland, being an Ordinance re- patronage appreciated. l‘qulring all persons to obtain a per- 'mit from the Mayor before giving any street performance, and impos- ing a license upon the same, be amended so as to read as follows: “Section 2. Every person or per- sons giving such performance, exhi- bition, parade, lecture, speaking, or' vending shall pay a license of Five, Dollars per day: PROVIDED, (h;"| the Mayor shall have the power to Loooy or Edisonia Theater. issue such permit without license to tands and other organizations for parades, to political speakings, and |to preachers for services; ang that Ine Secon“'“and Mall’ the Marshal shall have the power to designate what points on 4 par \ 2 ticu- k Stoves, Heaters, On - lar street may be used for S b ? ] & ot ap h pur- [ yurner Oil Stove, Beds from $2 or Section 1. That all laws or . Rt g B gptdbonsd o @7 TINS or parts| pockers $1.50 up, Office Desk, Settee, | of laws in conflict with this Ordi- | gyfret, Sideboard, Sewing Machine‘f rance are hereby repealed Rattll; Cot, a new 30-30 Rifle—\larl- ! . 1 hPrf‘h!' certify that the forego. lin takedown—and other article; too ing Ordinance Number 147 wys duly {numerous to mention. Just pur-! R R e i : ’:‘a:::'m; ;n“'h‘:llr\l:,"f].?m ' 1ty O chaged all of Dr. Bevis' household [ P 8th day of pee and office fixtures Post Cards Cigars Your Miss Ruby Daniel News Stand "A. D. 1912, | MORRIS G. MUNY, Attest: President, econ - fln H. L. SWATTS, City Clerk. | ! L 8 L. A. Clonts, Mayor of the City of Lakeland, Florida, do here- by approve this ordinance Number 147, this 19th day of December A. Storc D 1912 S. L. A. CLONTS, Mayor. 210 West Maia Street, Lakeland, Fla » | MY LINE INCLUDES Whenever :re"t:‘y" si:re[.hrmten“ by : NeWSPapcrs We are going to give our customers a treat for the holiday season, Com. mencing Monday, December 16, we are going to dispose of g $14 and 815 suits for $9.00. This Is No Sale. our Ming Don't forge to ask for your Christmas Souvenirs, N. B.--All our75¢ and $1 Ties 1o g at 50c. "= | The Hub JOSEPH LeVAY 118 Kentucky Avenue Lakeland FBOBOBOFOAFIBOPAOHIHIHIMI GOOOOGGOAGOO0 00 { A Snap for Quick Sale, 80 Acres As fine land as there is in Florida, ore an mile from station; 60 a res under good . 30 acres cultivated; 128 large bearing orany. 1+ UREKS 200 grapefruit trees, budded. 4 years old: 30 - . fine pine timber; 10 acres choice hammaock | ered with oak: 10 acres good muck land. The first man with $2,500 cash gets thix barguin another $2,000 to be paid in one, two and three v, - Act quick as this wili not last. Call o1 write THE ALEX. HOLLY REALYY CO., Lakeland, Fi W@oi@io Here at this drug store, vou need a certain instrument or appliarce (Ui right to this store— we have it. Red Cross Pharmac) Quick Delivery I Phone 89 ¥ If the doctor » FOFOA Wishing you all a Happy New Year, we are still ready orders. to receive your Pure Food Store W. P. Pillans & G. PHONE 93 | SRS ! R = Sovverececerestsssrtrors e 3 €D BAD A 4 O F VA O O B HOV RO P LR VR R L S TN W SORD RO