Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, February 5, 1913, Page 4

PAGE FOUR. THE EVENING TELEURAM, LAKELAND, FLA., FEB. 5, 1913. = . 1 The Evening Ielenramg Fublished every afternoon from the | Keniucky Building, Lakeland, Fla. Entered in ihé?ostu at Lake- land, Florida, as mail matter of the second class. M. P HETHERINGTON, EDITOR, HENRY BACON, Manager. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One year . .$6.00 Six months .. .. . 380 Three months .......... 1.36 Delivered anywhere within the limits of the City of Lakeland for 10 cents a week. —————————— From the same office is issued THE LAKELAND NEWS A weekly newspaper giving a re- sume of local matters, crop condi, tions, county affairs, etc. Sent any- where for $1.00 per year. | CONGRESS WOULD PROMPTLY REFUSE. | West Florida wants to be a State unto herself. There uppears to be' no provision, so eminent lawyers si.¥, whereby a State may be severed into two or more separate parts. Suppose the countiegs of West Flor- ida, through the Legislature, provid- ed for and set up a separate and dis- tinct government; suppose this new State adopted a new name and sent senators to Congress-—who conld gay them nay Would Congress r fuse to recognize them? Well, Iy.-~DeLand News. It is merely threshing old straw to say anything more on this subject, but the DeLand News ought to know | that ihis whole question must be submitted to a vote of the people o)’! Florida in the shape of an amend- | ment to the for » on of the State and that | amendment adonted hotore there can he hard- ! | | i constitution providine any division It is idle to di any th s the subject on which ALY oot Flovida ave abs plien or theory ivnore damental neces e Lo lintel to form a ionely wrin n anmeni to the constitution for that prrpose it wen 1 i neoperty without b ment otherwi it wo * to denriving a man [ consent o avithony dg Coy Fack vron any new State seeking ad- missgion to the Unfon which had heey gevered from the parent State with ! out the consent of the latter. And the Legislature can't give that conm- &nt: it can merely ratify the con- the in adoption of a constitutional amend- ment ag abov, stated The St. Petersburg Times is lead- g acrnsade of violence and disor- | der acninst the Floridy suava and | is printing libelong acainst produet of onr soil o their b nothinz wmy of ) Lodnintiost ress wonld promptly tnen its sent of pronle ojrep their thinas delicions which bett r sis in nopreindi nd tion. Notope st de to be end kely to be largely action of the matter it will be attitod the Dar seen 1 of the latter of muel rortance to the people of the Sty We confess to a great fondness for rood lawye men of superior abil- ity, le eneral anil sound eth arsociation does much to encourazs Jawyers of this character. culture We do not sce any mention of Col- | onel George Harvey, editor of Har- | rer's Weekly, who first proposed | Woodrow Wilson for president, be- ' ing called in consultation with him Incidentally we have not heard that he has been offercd a cabinet port- folio.—Ocala Banner | You haven't heard of one being of- Nowhere Ent a and a virile State bar fered Marse Henry Watterson, eithi- r. have you?—Ocala Star. But there's a difference. Colone! Harvey was Mr. Wilson's most en- thusiastic advocite until a certain little affair comipelled his silence, but left him stil! a Wilson man. As o for Colonel Watterson, he called Mr. | Wilson all kinds of hard names and hated him more than any standpat, president-elect | Republican. The doubtless considers George Harvey his very good friend and he might ret some sound advice from him, too. 0 Uncle Joe Cannon says that was misquoted and now denies that! he said that Washington, Lincoln, Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis were the four greatest Americans. We had our doubts about that dis- patch from the first. It looked more like a large typographical error than the opinion of an ancient standpa* Republican leader. Mr. Cannop now ises to correct the record and says t what he remarked was that Iincoln and drant and Davis and I were the four greatest Ameri- cans of the civil war period. That i~ undoubtedly true and it will goy i to history that There isl nOW o occasion for Acting Assist- ' it Adjutant General Wetherhee of Boston, Mass., to throw any more fits about the matter, although it doubtless hurts his feelings to nn4l¢ Jeff Davis In so much good com-' pany. s i We talk much about the gmnll statesmen of the past when Web- ster, Clay and (‘alhoun strode colos- szl across the stage, but their prob- l'ms were easy compared with those which now beset our public men in whington. And while the former | looked more impre with their solemn demeanor, stately tread an! clothes to correspond, than the sack- coated business men bustling abous the national itol now, it may well he doubted it they were bet i ve conipned the I tiasks than The tarift o perhaps a touzher for theip Lators of today moment is i . than ancient statesme! tackied b iy our erer 0 Nowhere is the St cange of total ab from tha liquor habit mak i wore prozress than among rail road m And it.is due to no “hor vible examiples™ and perfervid rhot vric preached to them bt directly by very pracgical consideration afteetine cir manterial wel fare. An exehanze tells it in these words: “With the risks of life and property are great the train servies cannot he tog ~oher and cool-headed railroad companies Men o employed in A oglass too much may cause a reck lesy disregard of safety and sanity is there mand for sober men. Such men are more apt to obtain promotion.” 0 clse greater de- Our Mr. Tu multy, now privaie se retary to Gov- conuratulations to ernoe Wilson, and who is also to In private secretary to Pres lent Wit son. His future is doand ntoend in the nt he do twem oir eomiid is not to cocd 0 We » chief drainn ire indebted to | » for a ! soven pa led The Florid Its name implies it tells all our 1t Everglades arca, character, capabilitics, ress of thye drain “om val k tory, prog}- th ac- Wing maps, and it is ble work, full of information a subject very few anvthing about. eIy citizen of Florida ou well informed about it. ! know 0 | | City Man's Sneer at Country. There was a Frenchman who hated the country as much as did Charles Lamb, but compressed his fnelinglI into few words. This was Charles Monselet, who lived on the Quai Vol taire, Paris. “It is," phe said, “the blace where the birds are raw.” | etgar and sit on the floor. I a hizhly | people § And yet ev- ‘C ght to be " A Little Nonsense Now and Then It Pays to Be Polite. A young man who gave up his sleeping berth on a Southern rail- road to an old lady received $40,000 utder her will when she died a ]monlh later, all of which leads me to the compilation of the following rules: When a fleshy old gentleman steps upon your corn while climbing in hig seat at the theater and then stands cn jt for a minute or two while nod- ding to an acquaintance in the rear ¢i the house, do not call him an antj- quated bonehead or an ivorybeaned cld galoot, but smile upon him gra- ciously and offer him the other foot to step on. Make a few pleasant re- marks about the weather and ask after she state of health of his fam- ily. Then go out and buy him a bou- quet of violets and present them to | him, If an old lady with square specta- cles who looks as though she migh: | have money, sticks an umbrella point into your eye, lift your hat politely and ask her if she won't have ap ico cream soda. If a gentleman in the train piles his bagguge in your seat while you are in the smoker, give him a good ) If a man runs you down with an automobile and breaks all of your | ribs and one of his lamps on his car send him a new lamp and a bouquet | of American beauties as soon as you ' are out of the hospital, There are thousands of occasion of this Kind of which you may take advantage and which may pan om well. You never can tell just who i- | going to die and leave money or jus, whom they are going to leave it to R. K. Moulton Obeving Orders, “Yes, sir, 've heen o osoldier, and o mighty near bheing mived i it hadn't he for obeying the orders of our ol wular brick, ! might be sleeping with my martial clonk round me now."” “Why, how was that?” asked listener “Well, the enemy were in sieht and we were getting ready to zo for foecling the least comfortable, when all of a sudder once ¢ up in a battle, colonel, who was o hit up jumps the old colonel on a stumy and shouts: “*Now, then, boys, up and at “em Strike for home and country!’ “Some of them-—a good many, fact—struck for their country 1 struck for home, and precious P am I did it!"- Weekly Tel At The Secord- Hend Chnra i in | but | wud W 1ICT y Post Cards Cigars | about | ome and see me hefore pur chasing clsewhere. Your patronage appreciated, Miss Ruby Daniel News Stand Loooy of Edisonia Theater. & Follow That Imp \ \ A N = PSS o) > > £/ e % -2 i T & A g 2 .. o H Vo) et ) )t ) 200 )2 ) 7t 2 P Oy omnTRe N ulse You want your own home. The land is no one man’s heritage or isit willed to any particular class of people by divine right. Procrastination the Thief of Time If the devil is responsible for the. “putting off 10 morrow habit,” then he has earned his job. . A Letin Bowyer’s Sub-Division Is a step in the right direction. home, will soon follow. WHY BUY NOW? Because this beautiful addition in North-West Lake- land contains a limited number of large full lots. Be- The home--yoyr cause these lots will increase in value with the city's growth. Because the price of these lots is remarkably low. ane the payments easy.- Because if adversity overtakes you before your lot is paid for you will ger g SQUARE DEAL. Think It Gver Thea Act Today For Tomorrow Never Comes A $350 N VR dalo ik 7k fas abod i T dads [ Sdain Piano Fre On display in cur show ; Febreary 1, 1913 vindow you 1. W, Odom 13,6 a bai¢ aficr this week g 5 A ¥ ViV Uuda early en fore all are .. | sold. ; ) "y oy Anl IS 11 S{OCK % i u Nie ! land Meth. 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